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... determine its intension but that they don't determine its extension either . Such philosophers claim ( very roughly ) ... determined , in any substantive sense , by what one learns when one learns what ' water ' means . And if that is ...
... determine its intension but that they don't determine its extension either . Such philosophers claim ( very roughly ) ... determined , in any substantive sense , by what one learns when one learns what ' water ' means . And if that is ...
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... determine whether the predicate applies ) iff ( the speaker is un- able to determine whether the predicate applies ) ... determined by the interactions of a variety of psychological variables ( what one believes , what one wants , what ...
... determine whether the predicate applies ) iff ( the speaker is un- able to determine whether the predicate applies ) ... determined by the interactions of a variety of psychological variables ( what one believes , what one wants , what ...
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... determined by a de- termination of the computational state of the organism . It follows that there can be no ... determine which propositional attitudes the relational ones are . Or one might , as it were , ' construct ' a nonrelational ...
... determined by a de- termination of the computational state of the organism . It follows that there can be no ... determine which propositional attitudes the relational ones are . Or one might , as it were , ' construct ' a nonrelational ...
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