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... talk about the way the name is used . In other words , to say that ' and ' stands for a " conjunctive function " is just to talk in a misleading way about the kind of function ' and ' has in sentences . No real extralinguistic reference ...
... talk about the way the name is used . In other words , to say that ' and ' stands for a " conjunctive function " is just to talk in a misleading way about the kind of function ' and ' has in sentences . No real extralinguistic reference ...
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... talk about things outside ( as well as inside ) language , and that the suitability of an expression for such talk is somehow crucial for its having the meaning it has . But in the referential theory , this insight is ruined through ...
... talk about things outside ( as well as inside ) language , and that the suitability of an expression for such talk is somehow crucial for its having the meaning it has . But in the referential theory , this insight is ruined through ...
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... talk of human activity . I do not have the space to justify this last claim , for that would involve going through all the possible sorts of definition that seem initially plausible ; the reader is invited to try any verbal ex ...
... talk of human activity . I do not have the space to justify this last claim , for that would involve going through all the possible sorts of definition that seem initially plausible ; the reader is invited to try any verbal ex ...
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