Tradition

Semantic holism

Overview

theory in the philosophy of language that a certain part of language (e.g. a term, a complete sentence) can only be understood through its relations to a (previously understood) larger segment of language

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Philosophers who discussed Semantic holism

• Ferdinand de Saussure
• Willard Van Orman Quine
• Jerry Fodor
• Otto Neurath
• Hilary Putnam
• Roderick Firth

Related ideas

• Twin Earth thought experiment
• Philosophical theory
• Ludwig Wittgenstein
• Logical positivism
• Holism
• Philosophical Investigations
• Externalism
• Confirmation holism
• Semantics
• Donald Davidson (philosopher)
• Michael Dummett
• Willard Van Orman Quine
• Tyler Burge
• Logical constant
• Propositional attitude
• Jerry Fodor
• The Philosophical Review
• Pragmatics
• Gottlob Frege
• Thought experiment
• Logical atomism
• Language of thought hypothesis
• Philosophy of language
• Philosophy of mind

Place in the tradition

Part of Outline of philosophy.

Narrower topics:

• Zeitschrift für Philosophie und philosophische Kritik
• Peter Pagin

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