Sentence examples for meaning statements from inspiring English sources

Another question concerns the implications from 'ought'-statements to meaning statements.

Meaning statements, such as "'Green' means green", Millar argues, are true in virtue of there being a rule-governed practice.

It is clear that the type of normativity Kripke has in mind is meaning engendered normativity, or ME normativity; i.e., the claim is that meaning statements such as 'expression e means M for S' have normative consequences, leaving it open whether the norms are prior to meaning or not.

In a brief concurring opinion, Chief Justice Gerry L. Alexander said the flaw in the law was that it penalized false "nondefamatory speech," meaning statements that do not injure reputation.

An alternative strategy is to suggest that meaning statements simply are prescriptions.

These difficulties are avoided if, instead, meaning statements are simply construed as having a prescriptive use (while having a descriptive content).

According to logical behaviorism, all statements about mental states and processes are equivalent in meaning to statements about behavioral dispositions.

Bloomberg reported that at least one banker was interviewed under caution, meaning any statements can be used against he or she in court.

But in Khartoum, such apparently well-meaning statements are viewed with suspicion, a legacy of the Darfur controversy.

Would the grinding go on forever, meaning the statement was indeed undecidable, or did you simply need to be more patient?

In fact, the Postal Service has no motto -- meaning the statement of purpose is free for others to use as their own.