Meaning, Thought and Reality

Meaning, Thought and Reality

1. Referring

   • Nouns
   • Moment by moment relationship
   • Non-referring
   • What Speakers do

2. Referent

   • Particular context
     • Extention
       • Expression
         • Denotation

3. Referential

   • Meaning of words
     • Representational theories
   • Reference
     • Nominals
       • Names
     • Variable
       • I, You, She, etc.
     • Constant
     • Sense
       • Mental representation

4. Language

   • Describe the world
   • Theory about reality
     • Conventionals points of views

5. Denoting

   • Property of words
   • Stable relationship

6. Linguistic relativity

   • Sapir/Whorf
   • Rejected
     • Cognitive Science
       • Thought and reality

7. Necessary and sufficient conditions

   • Prototypes
     • Structured categories
       • Central members
         • Abstraction
         • Periphereal members

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