Behavior and Stimulation: Discussion on the Naturalized Theory of Meaning

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10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.337How to use a DOI?

Keywords

stimulation; behavior; significance

Abstract

In the twentieth century, Anglo-American analytic philosophers almost all regard the discussion of meaning as their important work and form a variety of theories of meaning. Among them, there are some theories with distinctive styles and distinctive characteristics. American philosopher Willard Quine leads the theory of meaning to behavior and stimulation. Compared with the traditional theory of meaning, this kind of theory of meaning has a great influence with its subjectivity and the emphasis on inter-subjectivity. The clarification of the concept of meaning itself relates to the form in which meaning is presented and the way in which meaning is determined. Quine's theory transforms "meaning" into "stimulating meaning" and takes it as the only reasonable way in which meaning exists, thus revealing its naturalistic standpoint and naturalizing meaning theory.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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