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I (b) 24f
False theory: the objects would be the meanings of sentences, that is, the propositions.
Whoever ascribes a thought to another must relate that other to an object, and for this purpose the person who does this ascription must identify the object in question by pointing at it or marking it.
On the other hand, there is no reason why the attributor should be in any particular relation to the object to be identified. All he has to do is refer to him in the way he refers to anything else.
I (b) 34
DavidsonVs: with that, it would be arranged that, e.g. if a Frenchman attributed the same state of consciousness to Paul as I do, the same subject would be named by us both, while the proposition in question of the Frenchman would not be the same as mine.
It should not concern us that the Frenchman and I use different words, it is similar to ounces and carats.
This "relativism", however, contains nothing that could show that the properties measured with ounces or carats are not "real". >Measuring/Davidson.
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Dummett III 64
Meaning/Truth/Davidson: Thesis: Understanding the proposition before knowing that the proposition is true.

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