A MODEL OF CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS |
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| Authors: | Gal Yehezkel |
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| Institution: | Department of Philosophy, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P. O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Abstract: In this article I identify the conceptual tools needed to establish claims for the existence of conceptual ties, along with the principles governing the use of those tools, and present a model of conceptual analysis. I identify and justify those principles in the light of the conditions for the meaningfulness of expressions in language, which I extract from an analysis of the concept of meaning. The conclusions of this analysis are organized into a schematic model of the workings of a language. According to this model, the meaning of every word in any language is determined by its role in the systematic mapping of all possible states of affairs included in its conceptual scheme. |
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| Keywords: | conceptual analysis conceptual connection conceptual scheme meaning |
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