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I (a) 10
Description/Lewis: it always is also about the meaning of the terms used. - Therefore, it is pointless to point out several differences.
Description: a true sentence about things of any kind as such is not about those things by themselves, but about them together with the meaning of the expressions you use. It is therefore useless to point out various differences. In the case of >
identity theory , we can explain these differences without denying the body/mind identity. Detailed descriptions lead to deviations due to the expressions used.
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IV 240
Definite Description/Lewis: necessary: something outstanding, relative prominence - not: uniqueness. - The prominence changes constantly during the conversation.
Denotation by a definite description then depends on the score keeping.
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Scorekeeping model .
Alignment rule: Prominence of an object is affected by the course of the conversation.
Boundaries/Lewis: it is easier to expand the boundaries than to narrow them.
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I (b) 26/27
Failed descriptions are not meaningless. (Putnam: the theoretical terms of a refuted theory are meaningless.)
LewisVsPutnam: they are not, if they are similar failed descriptions. "The Mars moon" and "The Venus moon" name nothing here in our real world (in any normal way); but they are not meaningless, because we know very well what they denote in certain other possible worlds. >
Senseless/ Sensible , >
Possible world/Lewis .