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| Everyday language: normal language, spoken within a community. Not strictly formalizable. Antonym to ideal language, formal language. - Theories of truth can only partly be applied to everyday language. See also Truth definition, Meaning theory, Idiolect, Tarski._____________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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Jerry Fodor on Everyday Language - Dictionary of Arguments
II 126 Anomalies/deviation/irregularities/intuition/everyday language/Fodor/FodorVsCavell: it is not about explaining anomalies by intuitions. Instead: specifying the relevant similarity means exactly determining the rules of creation (>Rules). --- III 234 Everyday language/distinction/perception/use/FodorVsCavell: it is not true that we have different words for each perceived difference, e.g. for shapes, colors, sizes, sounds, etc. Then, from the absence of certain words does not follow that we do not perceive the corresponding difference ((s)> Whorf) Fodor: then, when requesting a distinction, you cannot fall back on the actual use of language. > FodorVsUse Theory: here, you need philosophy, not empiricism. >Empiricism, >Use theory, >Meaning, >Language Behavior, >Colour, >Form._____________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. |
F/L Jerry Fodor Ernest Lepore Holism. A Shoppers Guide Cambridge USA Oxford UK 1992 Fodor I Jerry Fodor "Special Sciences (or The Disunity of Science as a Working Hypothesis", Synthese 28 (1974), 97-115 In Kognitionswissenschaft, Dieter Münch, Frankfurt/M. 1992 Fodor II Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz Sprachphilosophie und Sprachwissenschaft In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 Fodor III Jerry Fodor Jerrold J. Katz The availability of what we say in: Philosophical review, LXXII, 1963, pp.55-71 In Linguistik und Philosophie, G. Grewendorf/G. Meggle, Frankfurt/M. 1974/1995 |
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