Abstract
This paper develops a new account of reference-fixing for proper names.
The account is built around an intuitive claim about reference fixing:
the claim that I am a participant in a practice of using α to refer to o only if my uses of α are constrained by the representationally relevant ways it is possible for o
to behave. §I raises examples that suggest that a right account of how
proper names refer should incorporate this claim. §II provides such an
account.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 43-78 |
| Number of pages | 36 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 30 Aug 2011 |
Keywords
- Proper names
- Reference
- Causail theory
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