Mind and LanguageSamuel D. Guttenplan |
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... notion of meaning that the verificationists , such as Peirce and the logical empiricists , were after . That is , a notion where the meaning of a sentence is equated with the difference its truth would make to possible experience . But ...
... notion of meaning that the verificationists , such as Peirce and the logical empiricists , were after . That is , a notion where the meaning of a sentence is equated with the difference its truth would make to possible experience . But ...
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... notion of stimulation there seems to be a corresponding and usually more serious difficulty in connection with the old notion . So , in balance , this new notion , which has important advantages and does not appear to give rise to any ...
... notion of stimulation there seems to be a corresponding and usually more serious difficulty in connection with the old notion . So , in balance , this new notion , which has important advantages and does not appear to give rise to any ...
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... notion of understanding , as applied to single standing sen- tences , simply cannot be explicated in terms of behavioural disposi- tions . Perhaps therefore it is simply an untenable notion , notwith- standing our intuitive ...
... notion of understanding , as applied to single standing sen- tences , simply cannot be explicated in terms of behavioural disposi- tions . Perhaps therefore it is simply an untenable notion , notwith- standing our intuitive ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
MEANING AND EXPERIENCE | 25 |
THE FIRST PERSON | 45 |
Copyright | |
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