 | Jocelyne Arpin, Sylvain Auroux, Elisabeth Lazcano, Jacqueline Léon - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 422 pages
...adjustments. The "main thesis" (cf. Kretzmann 1968) of Locke's semantic theory is held to be that "Words in their primary or immediate Signification stand for...nothing but the Ideas in the mind of him that uses them" (Locke HI, ii, 2). According to Locke, idea is the object of thinking (II, i, 1), and one could further... | |
 | Sandra Richter, Sandra Pott - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2002 - 382 pages
...etwa wie Locke der Ansicht ist, daß die Wörter zunächst nur die eigenen Ideen bezeichnen: Words in their primary or immediate signification stand for...nothing but the Ideas in the Mind of him that uses them,3* dann kann das dazu führen, daß man eine größere Kluft bei dem Schluß von bestimmten Anzeichen... | |
 | Frederick Copleston - Philosophy - 2003 - 452 pages
...The third book treats of words. It is closely connected with the preceding book, because 'words in their primary or immediate signification stand for...nothing but the ideas in the mind of him that uses them'.3 Ideas represent things, and words stand for ideas. The second and third points in Locke's method... | |
 | William Keach - English language - 2004 - 216 pages
...arbitrarily. " Words in their primary or immediate Signification," writes Locke in Book 3 of the Essay, "stand for nothing but the Ideas in the Mind of him...the Things, which they are supposed to represent" (3.2.2).16 Locke's clear implication is that even if our ideas were perfectly and carefully derived... | |
 | Russell L. Friedman, Sten Ebbesen - Language and logic - 2004 - 288 pages
...thèse - si controversée - de Locke (Essay concerning Human Understanding, III, II, 2): 'Words in their primary or immediate signification stand for...but the ideas in the mind of him that uses them'. tion de savoir si un nom imposé à une chose existante (autrement dit, un nom concret, puisque celui-ci... | |
 | Christian Emden - Philosophy - 2005 - 252 pages
...nihil, which does not refer to any specific sensory perception), he nevertheless claims: "Words in their primary or immediate Signification, stand for...of him that uses them, how imperfectly soever, or carelesly [sic] those Ideas are collected from Things, which they are supposed to represent. When a... | |
 | Kenneth D. Ward, Cecilia R. Castillo - Political Science - 2012 - 206 pages
...that will as the final measure of meaning. Both seem to agree with the claim of John Locke: "Words in their primary or immediate signification, stand for...but the Ideas in the Mind of him that uses them." By virtue of their oath, office holders must be bound to the text of the Constitution, but not necessarily... | |
 | John Shand - Philosophy - 2005 - 250 pages
...in that quarter. The central thesis of Locke's semantic theory is set out in III. ii. 2: "Words in their primary or immediate Signification, stand for...but the Ideas in the Mind of him that uses them". This does not mean that each of us uses words only to refer to the contents of his or her own mind.... | |
 | Ingolf U. Dalferth, Philipp Stoellger - Philosophy - 2005 - 708 pages
...Bedeutung, indem sie Entitäten (zB Ideen) im Verstand des Sprechers vertreten. »Words in their primary and immediate signification stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him that uses them«-8. Daraus folgt für Locke, daß »one man's mind could not pass into anothers man's body, neither... | |
 | Hannah Dawson - Political Science - 2007 - 295 pages
...tone signals Locke's departure from the received wisdom and the onslaught of his rebellion: Words in their primary or immediate signification, stand for...of him that uses them, how imperfectly soever, or carelesly those ideas are collected from the things which they are supposed to represent. When a man... | |
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Words in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him that uses them, how imperfectly soever, or carelessly, those ideas are collected from the things which u2 they are supposed to represent. 
