Lexicon of Arguments

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II 248f
Extension: Tradition: meaning has to do with the mental state. Tradition: intension fixes extension. PutnamVsSearle: intension does not firmly attach meaning. >Intension.
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V 20
Secondary extension/Goodman/Searle: allegedly, the secondary extension of "ophthalmologist" includes something that does not belong to that of "occulist".
SearleVs: such statements about the secondary extension are completely irrelevant for whether two expressions are synonymous! It is simply a fact that oculist means ophthalmologist. Otherwise the criteria would be completely arbitrary. Cf. >secondary extension/Goodman.

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