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| Meaning postulates: attempt to define the meanings of individual words of language to form a system.See also language rules._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Brian Loar on Meaning Postulates - Dictionary of Arguments
Schiffer I 34 Meaning-restriction/solution/Loar: Proposal: (from Carnap’s meaning postulates, 1947(1)) - .E.g. if x believes that y is north of z and that u is north of y, then x believes that u north of z. Then the Meaning-restriction should join any propsition which does not exist in an input condition, with a proposition that occurs in a unique input condition. >Propositions. SchifferVsLoar: there are not enough Meaning-restrictions. SchifferVsFolk Psychology: it cannot guarantee functionalist reduction. >Folk psychology. 1. Rudolf Carnap (1947). Meaning and Necessity: A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic. Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loar I B. Loar Mind and Meaning Cambridge 1981 Loar II Brian Loar "Two Theories of Meaning" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 Schi I St. Schiffer Remnants of Meaning Cambridge 1987 |
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