Semantic Simples
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framhitogtil
May 14, 2011, 1:22:35 PM5/14/11
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Howdy,
does anyone know whether there is an explicate theory of "semantic
simples"? It seems to me, as though such entities are widely assumed
implicitly (well, that's what decomposition is about); but was there
any thought process on whether it was plausible or adequate to assume
semantic simples?
I mean, even Locke assumed "simple ideas" just because there are
"complex ideas". I'd call that stance "Semantic Atomism". If anyone
gets the idea of what I am talking about, feel free to inform me about
explicate theories on why the assumption of semantic simples is taken
to be adequate.
Cheers,
Andreas
does anyone know whether there is an explicate theory of "semantic
simples"? It seems to me, as though such entities are widely assumed
implicitly (well, that's what decomposition is about); but was there
any thought process on whether it was plausible or adequate to assume
semantic simples?
I mean, even Locke assumed "simple ideas" just because there are
"complex ideas". I'd call that stance "Semantic Atomism". If anyone
gets the idea of what I am talking about, feel free to inform me about
explicate theories on why the assumption of semantic simples is taken
to be adequate.
Cheers,
Andreas
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