Lexicon of Arguments

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Rorty III 44
Metaphor/Davidson: having a meaning means having a place in a language game. Metaphors have no place per definition. Metaphors interrupt a conversation. They do not convey any message. Metaphors cannot be paraphrased
Rorty III 73
Metaphor/Davidson: a new metaphor does not express what has been there before, although it is caused by it.
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Glüer II 168
Davidson (in conversation with Joachim Schulte): there are no metaphors, only literal meaning: human rat: meaning: contemptible fur animal, not contemptible man.
Metaphors/Davidson: are causes, but not reasons for a change of beliefs.
Metaphor/Davidson: For example, if I call someone a "rat", the meaning is "little fur animal" etc. - not "contemptible person".
Someone who wants to understand the metaphor must know what a rat is. - ("First meaning") - "Rat" is not ambiguous.
Solution/Davidson: new: two intentions simultaneously. >Meaning, >Ambiguity, cf. >Analogies.

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