Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Donald Davidson, Peter F. Strawson and Jan-Erik Jones
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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
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Is reference the key place where language and the world meet? [Davidson]
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With a holistic approach, we can give up reference in empirical theories of language [Davidson]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
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Reference is mainly a social phenomenon [Strawson,P, by Sainsbury]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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If an expression can refer to anything, it may still instrinsically refer, but relative to a context [Bach on Strawson,P]
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To explain the reference of a name, you must explain its sentence-role, so reference can't be defined nonlinguistically [Davidson]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
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Expressions don't refer; people use expressions to refer [Strawson,P]
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If an utterance fails to refer then it is a pseudo-use, though a speaker may think they assert something [Strawson,P]
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