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Semantics.

“The study of meaning in natural language. ‘Meaning’ is an elusive concept which modern linguists tackle by dispersing into other fundamental ideas such as Implicature, Meaning-NN, Sense and Reference, Value. See Theories of Meaning, Lexical Semantics, Structural Semantics, Truth Conditional.” J. Lyons, Semantics (Cambridge, 1977).

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Naming Theory of Meaning.

“Also called denotative or referential theories. Theories which equate the meaning of a word with an object it stands for (like the ‘FIDO’-FIDO Theory), or else with the word’s relation to such an object. Proper names form the primary class, but general words can stand for abstract objects (‘dog’ for doghood, ‘red’ for the color […]

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Picture Theory of Meaning.

“Theory which treats declarative sentences (as against commands and so on) as pictures of facts (if true) or possible facts (otherwise). A notable example of the theory is Tractatus (1921) by Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951). Each element in the sentence (bar certain connectives and so on) stands for something, be it an object or a quality or […]

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The Correspondence Theory of Truth.

“The strictest form of the theory defines truth as a structural correspondence between what is true (a belief, judgement, proposition, sentence, and so on) and what makes it true (an event, fact, state of affairs, and so on). Because of the difficulties in defining such a relation (difficulties also facing the Picture Theory of Meaning), […]

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Coherence Theory of Truth.

“A theory maintaining that a proposition will be true if it forms part of a system of mutually coherent propositions which is wider than any rival system. The coherence or consistency in question must of course be definable independently of truth, which may be difficult. The theory is favored especially by Objective Idealism, which rejects […]

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Objective Idealism.

“Associated with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) and his followers, notably in England Francis Herbert Bradley (1846-1924). See also Coherence Theory of Truth. This is a form of idealism whereby, reality, though mental or spiritual, does not depend on the human mind in particular but comprises a single spiritual entity: the Absolute (hence the name, absolute […]

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Doctrine of Internal Relations.

“Doctrine that all relations are internal to their bearers, in the sense that they are essential to them and the bearers would not be what they are without them. Some relations are clearly internal in this sense (four would not be four unless it were related to two by being its square), and some relations […]

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A beautiful display of lanterns in Poland.

Check out DemagagaTV for the best in videos, tv, movies and more: 1000s of lamps released into the sky in Poland..

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The Bradley-Martin Ball and the end of the Gilded Age. Part II

So when we talk about excess in the modern sense we kind of think we invented the concept. One need look no further than at the garish spectacle that has become Kim Kardashian’s wedding to notice that this trend among celebrities and the mildly well-to-do is in full force. I have no problem with someone […]

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The Bradley-Martin Ball in New York City, Gilded Age,1897 Pt. 1.

The Bradley-Martin Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City was a lavish affair that marked the pinnacle of Gilded Age social events. A socialite by the name of Cornelia Bradley-Martin, in a scheme that can only come from inhaling the ether of burning money, sought to alleviate the economic conditions of the city of […]

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