Lexicon of Arguments

 

III 57ff
Denotation/Goodman: something that does not denote, can still refer by explication and expression.
>Denotation, >Expression, >Explanation, >Terminology/Goodman.
Def denote/Goodman: to denote means, to make reference, but being denoted does not necessarily mean to refer to something. And yet, expressions like representation are also a mode of symbolization. And an image must stand for that, what it expresses, it must symbolize it, it must refer to it.
III 63 ff
In normal language: the reference of "man" to "Churchill" and "word" to "man" is clearly denotation. But: if, on the other hand, Churchill symbolizes "man", and "man" symbolizes "word" the reference is clearly exemplification.
>Exemplification, >Symbols.
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IV 63
Denotation/exemplification/Goodman: denotation and exemplification go in opposite directions.
Possession (of properties) is not a kind of reference.
Not all chains formed from references direct the reference from one end to another.
Example: the name of the name of the rose is not the name of the rose.