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    Supports→Computational linguistics must rely on a conception of language as public and extensional

    Davidson's truth-conditional semantics grounds meaning in publicly verifiable satisfaction conditions, providing the only compositional framework amenable to algorithmic implementation.

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    Key Terms

    Algorithmic implementation(the statement claims Davidson's theory could work as a computer program)
    The ability to translate something into step-by-step instructions that a computer could follow and execute automatically.
    Compositional(describing how meaning works)
    The idea that the meaning of a whole phrase or sentence is built up from the meanings of its individual parts.
    Davidson
    # Davidson Davidson most commonly refers to **Donald Davidson** (1917-2003), an influential American philosopher known for his work on the philosophy of mind and language. He developed important theories about how our thoughts connect to the physical world and how we understand meaning in language and communication. His ideas have shaped modern philosophy by challenging the view that the mind is completely separate from physical reality.
    Publicly verifiable(Davidson's conditions for meaning must be public, not just private thoughts)
    Something that can be checked or confirmed by multiple people using objective methods, rather than something private or subjective.

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    Satisfaction conditions(what Williamson argues is indeterminate in borderline cases)
    The specific requirements or criteria that must be met for something to count as true or for an object to belong to a category.
    Truth-conditional semantics(the theory Dummett criticized)
    A theory of meaning saying that the meaning of a statement is determined by the conditions that would make it true—basically, you understand what something means by knowing what would have to happen for it to be true.
    grounding(Drawn from contemporary metaphysics; proposed as potentially applicable to understanding the foundations of legality.)
    A metaphysical relation in which some entities or facts are more foundational than others, providing a hierarchical structure of the world.

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