Lexicon of Arguments

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V 243
List/theory/Putnam: lists must in turn be interpreted.
V 247
Laws of Nature/Putnam: it was discovered that laws of nature are not in a closed list, but that there are less strict laws to be added: the laws of evolution, which are actually descriptions of tendencies or statements about the disposition of groups or even individuals.
Science/list/Putnam: why then the listing of lists? It is believed that lists could be comprehensive enough to indicate the aims of science.
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I 63
"Cluster Term"/bundle concept/Putnam: there is a view that "man" or "swan" are bundle terms containing lists of properties and corresponding laws.
>Theoretical terms, >Observation language, >Everyday language.
PutnamVs: speakers who use "electron" do not need to be expected to know the corresponding laws.
Even if this theory were correct as a conception of the social purpose of reference, it cannot be correct as a conception of what each speaker implicitly "means".
>Meaning(Intending).

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