Meaning Holism. Jackman, H. In The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University, Spring 2017 edition, 2017.
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The term “meaning holism” is generally applied to viewsthat treat the meanings of all of the words in a language asinterdependent. Holism draws much of its appeal from the way in whichthe usage of all our words seems interconnected, and runs into manyproblems because the resultant view can seem to conflict with (amongother things) the intuition that meanings are by and large shared andstable., This entry will examine the strengths of the arguments for andagainst meaning holism.
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	edition = {Spring 2017},
	title = {Meaning {Holism}},
	url = {https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/spr2017/entries/meaning-holism/},
	abstract = {The term “meaning holism” is generally applied to viewsthat treat the meanings of all of the words in a language asinterdependent. Holism draws much of its appeal from the way in whichthe usage of all our words seems interconnected, and runs into manyproblems because the resultant view can seem to conflict with (amongother things) the intuition that meanings are by and large shared andstable., This entry will examine the strengths of the arguments for andagainst meaning holism.},
	urldate = {2017-04-01},
	booktitle = {The {Stanford} {Encyclopedia} of {Philosophy}},
	publisher = {Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University},
	author = {Jackman, Henry},
	editor = {Zalta, Edward N.},
	year = {2017},
	keywords = {Quine, Willard van Orman, analytic/synthetic distinction, compositionality, meaning, theories of, meaning: normativity of, mental content: narrow},
}

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