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Beginning with Searle’s meaning theory and his account of mental acts (“intentionality”), the article identifies the limits of Searle’s approach from the perspective of common-sense reasoning. The second part explores the notion of “truth makers” in the work of Barry Smith, inasmuch as it can be seen to complete a robust meaning theory in the analytical tradition.
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Ibid., 172.
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See Ibid., xvi.
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See https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/03/the-hbgary-saga-nears-its-end/. The saga nears its end because almost all of the hackers were caught and put in jail.
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See https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/No-excuses-for-Lockheed-Martin-cyber-attack. Even more recently, it is quite apparent that the Chinese continue to get access to sensitive content from the Defense Contractor. When we examine the Chinese new J-20, the resemblance to the U. S. F-22 is striking. See https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/08/chinese-theft-of-sensitive-us-military-technology-still-huge-problem.html.
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Above all, that found in his book, Intentionality. As Essay in the Philosophy of Mind. Also, his short work, The Mystery of Consciousness, his The Rediscovery of the Mind, and simply, Mind. A Brief Introduction.
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See https://blog.frontiersin.org/2016/05/27/setting-free-the-words-trapped-in-our-heads/, by Monica Favre, Frontiers Science writer.
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Ibid.
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See http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-neuralink-raises-27-million-2017-8. This is Musk’s fourth company, and although the idea sounds absurd, people tend to take Musk seriously.
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Reference [5]. The footnote used in the original article refers to Aristotle: “3. Aristotle’s famous
To say of what is that it is not, or of what is not that it is, is false, while to say of what is that it is, or of what is not that it is not, is true
(Met., 1011b 32 ff.) is, as Tarski himself is anxious to claim (1944, p. 343), less than full-blooded correspondence theory, but Aristotle is elsewhere (op. cit., 1027b 22, 1051b 32 ff.) prepared to speak of truth reflecting ‘combinations’ of subject and attribute in reality.”
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Ibid., 288.
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Ibid., 296/7.
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Ibid., 299.
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See [6], pp. 183–198. The quoted line is on page 183.
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Ibid., 194.
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Ibid., 198.
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Larrey, P. (2020). From Searle’s Speech Acts to Smith’s Truth-Makers. In: Giovagnoli, R., Lowe, R. (eds) The Logic of Social Practices. Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, vol 52. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37305-4_3
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