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Language, conventionality of
When we say that smoke means fire or that those spots mean measles, we are noting how the presence of one thing indicates the presence of another. For ...
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Language, social nature of
Language is mostly used in a social setting. We use it to communicate with others. We depend on others when learning language, and we constantly borrow one another’s ...
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Meaning and communication
The two fundamental facts about language are that we use it to mean things and we use it to communicate. So the philosophy of language tries to explain ...
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Speech acts
Making a statement may be the paradigmatic use of language, but there are all sorts of other things we can do with words. We can make requests, ask ...
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Language, philosophy of
Philosophical interest in language, while ancient and enduring (see Language, ancient philosophy of; Language, medieval theories of; Language, Renaissance philosophy of; Language, early modern philosophy of), has blossomed ...
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Semantics
Semantics is the systematic study of meaning. Current work in this field builds on the work of logicians and linguists as well as of philosophers. Philosophers are interested ...
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Conventionalism
How is it known that every number has a successor, that straight lines can intersect each other no more than once, that causes precede their events, and that ...
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Necessary truth and convention
Necessary truths have always seemed problematic, particularly to empiricists and other naturalistically-minded philosophers. Our knowledge here is a priori - grounded in appeals to what we can imagine ...
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