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Imperatives: Commands are similar to statements, but do not establish any facts. The question is whether truth values can be attributed to them in logic, e.g. if they are obeyed or not obeyed. With a rewording like "It is necessary that ..." commands can be aligned to factual findings.
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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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Stephen Schiffer on Imperatives - Dictionary of Arguments

Millikan I 2
Words/Tarski/Davidson/Millikan: the tradition of Tarski and Davidson speaks of words in terms of their impact on truth conditions.
>Truth conditions
, >Words, >Tarski, >Davidson.
Austin/Searle/Millikan: Austin describes other types of words as "illocutionary" or "performative" in terms of conventional rules.
>Austin, >Searle, >Millikan, >Speech act theory.
Grice/Schiffer/Lewis/Millikan: this tradition speaks about indicative and imperatives in terms of intertwined speaker intentions.
>Schiffer, >Lewis, >Speaker intention.

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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.

Schi I
St. Schiffer
Remnants of Meaning Cambridge 1987

Millikan I
R. G. Millikan
Language, Thought, and Other Biological Categories: New Foundations for Realism Cambridge 1987

Millikan II
Ruth Millikan
"Varieties of Purposive Behavior", in: Anthropomorphism, Anecdotes, and Animals, R. W. Mitchell, N. S. Thomspon and H. L. Miles (Eds.) Albany 1997, pp. 189-1967
In
Der Geist der Tiere, D Perler/M. Wild, Frankfurt/M. 2005


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