shminux comments on Be careful with thought experiments - Less Wrong

6 Post author: lukeprog 18 May 2012 09:54AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (97)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: shminux 18 May 2012 02:47:54PM 1 point [-]

His conclusion is that the "meaning", insofar as it involves "referring" to something, depends on stuff outside the mind of the speaker.

EY discussed this in depth in the quotation is not the referent.