Lexicon of Arguments

Philosophical and Scientific Issues in Dispute
 
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I 263
Natural Law/Millikan: My theory of intentionality is determined on that a thing like a normal explanation is something outside in the world and that is something that supports our thinking rather than being supported by our thinking.
>Intentionality.
For it to be true, natural laws must be in nature, not merely a summation of the patterns of nature.
>Truth.
MillikanVsVerificationism: If my theory is correct, verificationism must be false.
>Verificationism.
Truth/world/relation/Millikan: thesis: ultimately, meaning and truth lie in relations between thought and the world,...
I 264
...therefore they cannot be in the head, we cannot internalize them.
>World/thinking.
>Putnam: Meanings ain't in the head, >Twin earth.
I 305
Meaning/language-dependent/language-independent/knowledge/knowing/Millikan: even if we take almost all the meanings of our words from linguistic communication, like adults, and no longer from direct perception, that does not exclude that we know "their meaning".

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