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natural language as a system
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semantic truth; s iff p
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beliefs and propositional attitudes
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Davidson, D., "On saying that", Synthese, 19, pp. 130-146, 1968-1969. Google
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p. 360-369 in Martinich, A.P. (ed), The Philosophy of Language, 2nd edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.
360 ;;Quote: a theory of meaning should define meaning by a finite number of applications of a finite number of rules on a finite vocabulary
362 ;;Quote: in "Galileo said that ___" need semantically significant structure for content-sentences but the lack of consequences suggests semantic inertness
364 ;;Quote: indeterminacy of translation--a translation characterizes a truth-predicate, but no choosing between alternative translations with non-synonymous sentences
364 ;;Quote: translation can't distinguish between wrong translations and speakers with weird beliefs
367 ;;Quote: the content-sentence of indirect discourse is independent of the sentence itself; the one announces the other
368 ;;Quote: the content-sentence of indirect discourse is no different than a regular sentence
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