Journal article
Response to Moore’s ‘Words Don’t Mean, Minds Do!’
- Abstract:
- In the preceding article, Terence Moore argues that the meanings of words are private and hidden, and that using language meaningfully involves private processes that are ‘little understood’. In this response I explain why Wittgenstein would, I believe, reject this way of thinking about meaning.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/s147717562510081x
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Think: Philosophy for everyone More from this journal
- Volume:
- 24
- Issue:
- 71
- Pages:
- 79-83
- Publication date:
- 2026-01-02
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1755-1196
- ISSN:
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1477-1756
- Language:
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English
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- Source identifiers:
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3622558
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2026-01-02
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- 2026
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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