LING 2504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Linguistic Turn
14 Dec 2015
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Worked primarily in logic and philosophy of mathematics, but has an. Linguistic turn in philosophy, understanding language became central. He and his contemporaries has profound influences on the content and. His key contribution was his insight into the problems with a referential. The meaning of sentences and expressions doesn"t necessarily have a. Frege mid 19th century, the linguistic turn in philosophy. Frege"s sense of sense is that it concerns a realm district from both (cid:1) mind (consciousness) and world (empirical reality): it accesses a third realm. Believing in abstract objects, there are objects that are real, but they (cid:1) do not have a physical existence (similar to plato) (cid:1) (cid:1) Sentences, prepositions, assertions? (cid:1) thoughts are facts they do not refer to facts; this may be counterintuitive. This distinction will be reintroduces and discussed in more detail. Things fall apart quickly if the only semantic aspect of an expression is.
