Perhaps, mental states represent ideas and cause linguistic responses. Mental states, which can be conscious or unconscious, are about similarities or relations, and relations determine linguistic-response patterns, which are conscious. Language reports mental states using signs. Because mental states vary widely, natural occurrences have incompatible linguistic explanations. People react to natural occurrences to establish conscious linguistic responses {causal theory of reference} [Putnam, 1975] [Putnam, 1981] [Putnam, 1988] [Putnam, 1992].
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