In analytic philosophy, a fundamental distinction is made between the use of a term and the mere mention of it. Many philosophical works have been "vitiated...
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short descriptions of redirect targets Use–mention distinction – Distinction between using a word and mentioning it Type theory – Mathematical theory of...
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liturgical ritual family used by a particular group or diocese Use–mention distinction, the distinction between using a word and mentioning it Consumption (economics)...
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Sense and reference (redirect from Sense-reference distinction)
Mediated reference theory Temperature paradox Theories of language Use–mention distinction "On Sense and Reference" ["Über Sinn und Bedeutung"], Zeitschrift...
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Metalogic (section Use–mention)
words use and mention, in both their noun and verb forms, take on a technical sense in order to identify an important distinction. The use–mention distinction...
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hand, and the way a thing really is. Use-mention distinction – Distinction between using a word and mentioning itPages displaying short descriptions...
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Quotation marks in English (category Use dmy dates from November 2020)
given different visual appearance in typefaces that recognize these distinctions, and they each have different Unicode code points. Despite being semantically...
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rules about linguistic expressions while properly observing the use–mention distinction. It was introduced by the philosopher and logician Willard Van...
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meaningful-declarative-sentence-token-uses are truth-bearers Arguments for theory 1c By respecting the use–mention distinction, Theory 1c avoids criticism (ii)...
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Map–territory relation (redirect from Map–territory distinction)
Surrogation Symbolism (disambiguation) Unintended consequences Use–mention distinction When a white horse is not a horse Widely attributed to Alan Watts...
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Linguistic relativity (category Use American English from January 2019)
hypothesis. The distinction between a weak and a strong version of this hypothesis is also a later development; Sapir and Whorf never used such a dichotomy...
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[Strawsonian tradition] is the distinction between a sentence and what is said by a sentence - Strawson initially called the latter a use of a sentence, and sometimes...
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Use–mention distinction – Distinction between using a word and mentioning it, according to which it is necessary to make a distinction between using a...
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complex expression depends on its parts. Part of this process involves the distinction between sense and reference. Sense is given by the ideas and concepts...
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Self-reference (category Use dmy dates from December 2020)
the currently running code belongs to Use–mention distinction – Distinction between using a word and mentioning it Vertiginous question – Philosophical...
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Absurd Absurdistan Church of the SubGenius Terror management theory Use–mention distinction Gordon, Jeffrey (1984). "Nagel or Camus on the Absurd?". Philosophy...
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campaign medal, including the War Medal for a mention during the Second World War. The Canadian Armed Forces still use the bronze oak leaf device. Since 1993...
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Language (category Use dmy dates from June 2020)
modern discipline of linguistics, first explicitly formulated the distinction using the French word langage for language as a concept, langue as a specific...
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The internal–external distinction is a distinction used in philosophy to divide an ontology into two parts: an internal part concerning observation related...
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Metamagical Themas Use–mention distinction Weyl refers to it as a "well-known paradox" in Das Kontinuum (1918), p. 2, mentioning it only to dismiss it...
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Jacques Derrida (category Use dmy dates from August 2022)
167: All these formulations have been possible thanks to the initial distinction between different irreducible types of genesis and structure: worldly...
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anti-language or secret language. Each term differs slightly in meaning; their uses are inconsistent. There are two main schools of thought on the origin of...
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Structuralism (category Use Oxford spelling from August 2016)
Saussure argued for a distinction between langue (an idealized abstraction of language) and parole (language as actually used in daily life). He argued...
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syntax Sense and reference – Distinction in the philosophy of language Analytic–synthetic distinction – Semantic distinction in philosophy Semantic argument...
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Philosophy of language (category Pages using sidebar with the child parameter)
Such a classification scheme is the precursor of modern distinctions between use and mention, and between language and metalanguage. There is a tradition...
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Lev Vygotsky (category Use mdy dates from November 2022)
was home-schooled until 1911 and then obtained a formal degree with distinction in a private Jewish gymnasium, which allowed him entrance to a university...
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Profanity (category Use dmy dates from September 2024)
Container used for storing money from informal fines for swearing Use–mention distinction – Distinction between using a word and mentioning it Verbal...
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Award (redirect from Honorable mention)
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal...
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Philosophical Investigations (redirect from Meaning is use)
series of signs consists of the natural numbers. Wittgenstein draws a distinction between following orders by copying the numbers following instruction...
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Speech act (category Use dmy dates from March 2024)
solitary, and those I have called social, there is this very remarkable distinction, that, in the solitary, the expression of them by words, or any other...
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