Lexicon of Arguments

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I 60
Meaning/content/validity/valid/use/use theory/Nagel: the validity of thought does not depend on how they are used.
>Validity, >Thoughts.
I 61
However, the practice of the community cannot be defeated by the objectivity of the field: the language changes. In contrast to the meaning of words that does not apply for the content of thought, however.
>Content, >Word meaning, >Practise, >Community.
Meaning: is contingent. - E.g. that "and" is the word for conjunction.
Thinking content: is the conjunction. (The content of thought itself is not contingent).
>Propositional content.
I 63
NagelVsUse Theory: meaning is not simply the same as use, unless one understands "use" in a normative sense, that already implies meaning.
>Use theory.
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II 34
Meaning/Definition/Nagel: definitions cannot be the foundation of the meaning of each word, otherwise we would move in circles - somewhere we need to get to words that have their meaning in a direct manner.
>Foundation.

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