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2. 1. The Balance of Meaning : Exploring the possibility of a recognition-transcendent meaning of religious and existentially important terms

   Author : Thord Svensson; Tros- och livsåskådningsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; metaphilosophy; competent user; grammar; reference; semantic meaning; conceptual analysis; intuition; Social externalism; natural kind externalism; experimental philosophy; concept-possession; community-view; ‘life’; ‘knowledge’;

   Abstract : Can we be mistaken or ignorant about the meaning of our own words? This dissertation explores this question. More specifically it investigates to what extent and in what sense, if at all, the semantic meaning of religious and existentially important words – like ‘God’, ‘friendship’, ‘justice’ or ‘life’ – can be recognition-transcendent to the competent user of them. READ MORE