Begriff, Bewusstsein und Bedeutung by Volker A. Munz

Author:Volker A. Munz
Language: deu
Format: epub
Publisher: De Gruyter
Published: 2023-09-14T09:14:19.110000+00:00

For let us suppose that, by some accident, some group of English speakers have switched the words “elm” and “beech.” Let us suppose that in Nova Scotia, as it might be, beeches are called “elms” and elms are called “beeches.” On Searle’s theory, the word “elm” would, in this case, have the same meaning in Massachusetts and in Nova Scotia, notwithstanding the fact that in Nova Scotia “elm” means “beech,” while “elm” in English and “Ulme” in German would have totally different meanings. Our actual practices of individuating the meanings of words would, in fact, be totally ignored by such a theory. (Putnam 1996a: xix)

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