Meaning, Thought and Reality

Meaning, Thought and Reality

1. Referring

   • Moment by moment
   • Non-referring
   • Nouns
   • What speakers do

2. Referent

   • Particular context
     • Extention
       • Expressions
         • Denotation

3. Referential

   • Meaning of words
     • Representional theories
   • Reference
     • Sense
       • Mental representation
     • Variable
       • I You She He Etc.
     • Nominals
       • Names
     • Constant

4. Linguistic relativity

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

5. Necessary and sufficient conditions

   • Prototypes
     • Structures categories
       • Central members
         • Abstraction
         • Periphereal members

6. Language

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

7. Denoting

   • Property of words
   • Stable relationship

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