Use–mention distinction | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-11-27

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Use–mention distinction

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The use–mention distinction is a foundational concept of analytic philosophy, according to which it is necessary to make a distinction between using a word (or phrase) and mentioning it, and many philosophical works have been "vitiated by a failure to distinguish use and mention". The distinction is disputed by non-analytic philosophers.The distinction between use and mention can be illustrated for the word cheese:
Use: Cheese is derived from milk.
Mention: 'Cheese' is derived from the Old English word ċēse.The first sentence is a statement about the substance called "cheese"; it uses the word 'cheese' to refer to that substance. The second is a statement about the word 'cheese' as a signifier; it mentions the word without using it to refer to anything other than itself.