Situations and AttitudesIn this provocative book, Barwise and Perry tackle the slippery subject of meaning, a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians. |
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... relation between relations is not a natural law that has to be discovered , but rather an automatic consequence of differentiating the relations in the first place . And it is this relation between rela- tions that allows the ...
... relation between relations is not a natural law that has to be discovered , but rather an automatic consequence of differentiating the relations in the first place . And it is this relation between rela- tions that allows the ...
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... relation that makes this an effective strategy . But at a certain point they come to appreciate the relation and may even state " COOKIE means cookie . " To do so they must recognize meaning as a relationship between words and parts of ...
... relation that makes this an effective strategy . But at a certain point they come to appreciate the relation and may even state " COOKIE means cookie . " To do so they must recognize meaning as a relationship between words and parts of ...
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... relations holding among the properties and relations that we recog- nize are called necessary constraints . Every woman is a human , every kiss is a touch , and every dog is a mammal . In each case , the first property or relation is a ...
... relations holding among the properties and relations that we recog- nize are called necessary constraints . Every woman is a human , every kiss is a touch , and every dog is a mammal . In each case , the first property or relation is a ...
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