Lexicon of Arguments

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I 106
Language proficiency/to mean/meaning/McGinn: those who master the meaning of the word have never seen the vast majority of the relevant objects.
That means that there is a property exemplified by the speaker by virtue of which he grasps the meaning.
A kind of general meaning that is beyond the scope of things known to him.
Meaning grants access to places where the body and the senses do not reach - the intended meaning does not behave like pain - cannot be isolated - Meaning does not spread in a medium.
I 109
It even has to be diffuse in order to go beyond the particular.
I 110
The context with reality, however, must remain.
>Language, >Language acquisition, >">Meaning, >Words, >Reference, >Knowledge, >Language behavior.

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