@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Nagel,Thomas}, subject = {Use Theory}, note = {I 57 Nagel: the validity of thoughts does not depend on how they are used! >Use theory. Meaning/validity: Meaning as such is not validity. >Validity, >Thoughts, >Meaning. However, the practice of the community cannot be beaten by the objectivity: the language changes. >Language use, >Practise, >Community, >Language community, >Meaning change. This does not apply for the content of thoughts. - In contrast to the meaning of words! >Content, >Word meaning. I 61 The type of match characterizes the whole concept no more than the sensory perception through which one recognizes a physical object captures the whole concept of this detected object. (Versus use theory of meaning). Meaning is not simply the same as use, unless one understands "use" in a normative sense that already implies meaning. I 63 NagelVsUse theory: meaning is not simply the same as use, unless one understands "use" in a normative sense that already implies meaning}, note = { NagE I E. Nagel The Structure of Science: Problems in the Logic of Scientific Explanation Cambridge, MA 1979 Nagel I Th. Nagel The Last Word, New York/Oxford 1997 German Edition: Das letzte Wort Stuttgart 1999 Nagel II Thomas Nagel What Does It All Mean? Oxford 1987 German Edition: Was bedeutet das alles? Stuttgart 1990 Nagel III Thomas Nagel The Limits of Objectivity. The Tanner Lecture on Human Values, in: The Tanner Lectures on Human Values 1980 Vol. I (ed) St. M. McMurrin, Salt Lake City 1980 German Edition: Die Grenzen der Objektivität Stuttgart 1991 NagelEr I Ernest Nagel Teleology Revisited and Other Essays in the Philosophy and History of Science New York 1982 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=224165} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=224165} }