Lexicon of Arguments

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Stalnaker I 206
Content/Kaplan: sentence meaning: does not define the content itself. - Only the context defines it. - Context/Stalnaker: can be represented as centered world.
>Context, >Centered world, >Possible world.
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I 207
Content/Kaplan: is represented by propositions.
>Proposition.
Character/content/Kaplan: character and content need to be separated because the sentence meanings ((s) propositions) do not represent the expressed thoughts .
((s) Because it may be that you do not know which proposition the own sentence expresses.) - ((s) because you do not know the entire context.)
>Character/Kaplan.
Content/Kaplan: that what is said, the idea, the information the speaker intends to convey.
>Thought, >Sentence.
Knowledge/Proposition: E.g. a doctor leaves on his (own) answering machine the message: "Take two aspirin ...".

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