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TABLE OF CONTENTS


CHAPITRE

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I. La Signification
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6. Extension of the truth theory of meaning to observation propositions of ordinary language 
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7. The meaning of indirect propositions, and the two principles of the probability theory of meaning 
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8. Discussion of the verifiability theory of meaning 


II. Impressions and the External World
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9. The problem of absolute verifiability of observation propositions 
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10. Impressions and the problem of existence 
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11. The existence of abstracta 
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12. The positivistic construction of the world 
 100
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13. Reduction and projection 
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14. A cubical world as a model of inferences to unobservable things 
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15. Projection as the relation between physical things and impressions 
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16. An egocentric language 
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17. Positivism and realism as a problem of language 
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18. The functional conception of meaning 


III. An Inquiry concerning Impressions
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19. Do we observe impressions ? 
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20. The weight of impression propositions 
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21. Further reduction of basic statements 
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22. Weight as the sole predicate of propositions 
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