Economics Dictionary of ArgumentsHome
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| Meaning: Differs from the reference object (reference). The object does not have to exist for an expression to have a meaning. Words are not related to objects in a one-to-one correspondence. There is an important distinction between word meaning and sentence meaning. See also use theory, sentence meaning, reference, truth, meaning theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Brian Loar on Meaning - Dictionary of Arguments
II 144 Meaning/Loar: a sentence in a community is a function of psychological and social role. - Other sentences in other languages do not belong to the point. - (Davidson ditto). Whatever is important, it is not something that is generally available in translation relative to the sentence. >Translation, >Language community, >Language use, II 144 Meaningfulness/significance/Loar: regardless of language: e.g. unstructured signals have conventional meaning in a community. >Conventions. Problem: the equivalence of "Snow is white" and "Grass is green". >Tarski scheme, >Quote/Disoquotation, >Truth definition, >Equivalence, >Convention T. Accidental equivalences cannot be ruled out. II 149 Meaning/sentence meaning/Loar: what a sentence means is always relative to a language - ((s) it is not a language-independent proposition). >Propositions, >Sentences._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Loar I B. Loar Mind and Meaning Cambridge 1981 Loar II Brian Loar "Two Theories of Meaning" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 |
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