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Quote: despite a misunderstood notion in a held belief, a person usually expects words to have their normal meaning; willing to ask an authority

topics > all references > references a-b > QuoteRef: burgT_1979 , p. 101



Topic:
natural language as communication
Topic:
beliefs and propositional attitudes

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A third intuitive or a priori argument [for revising ordinary discourse or for giving it a nonliteral meaning] is perhaps the most interesting. Sometimes it is insisted that … by the misunderstood word than what we non- … To be relevant, the argument must arrive at … … [p. 101] The argument from deviant speaker-meaning downplays an … willingness to submit his statement and belief to … way--regardless of mistaken associations with the word. Typically, … once a check on his usage and his … misunderstood his views.   Google-1   Google-2

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