Lexicon of Arguments

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VII (c) 48
Semantics/Quine: has nothing to do with meaning but with synonymy.
>Synonymy, >Meaning.
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VII (g) 130
Semantics/Quine: divided into theory of reference and theory of meaning - "semantics" would be a good name for "meaning, but just Tarski's semantic theory (semantic truth definition) belongs to the theory of reference.
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IV 427
Quine: "Nature's facts go beyond our theories and all kinds of observations - whereas traditional semantics goes beyond the facts of language.
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VI 52
Behaviorism/Quine: in psychology you still have the choice whether you want to be a behaviorist, in linguistics you have to be. Language is acquired through the behaviour of others, which is evaluated in the light of a common situation.

It literally doesn't matter what kind of psychic life is next to other kinds!

Semantics/Quine: the semantic meaning will therefore not be able to include more than what can be deduced from perceptible behaviour in observable situations.

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