Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Fran������������ois Recanati, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and R Cook / P Ebert

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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
16356 There may be two types of reference in language and thought: descriptive and direct [Recanati]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference
16386 Direct reference is strong Millian (just a tag) or weak Kaplanian (allowing descriptions as well) [Recanati]
16393 In super-direct reference, the referent serves as its own vehicle of reference [Recanati]
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / a. Sense and reference
16372 Sense determines reference says same sense/same reference; new reference means new sense [Recanati]
16388 We need sense as well as reference, but in a non-descriptive form, and mental files do that [Recanati]
16359 Sense is a mental file (not its contents); similar files for Cicero and Tully are two senses [Recanati]
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
16355 Problems with descriptivism are reference by perception, by communications and by indexicals [Recanati]
16348 Descriptivism says we mentally relate to objects through their properties [Recanati]
16384 Definite descriptions reveal either a predicate (attributive use) or the file it belongs in (referential) [Recanati]
16352 A rigid definite description can be attributive, not referential: 'the actual F, whoever he is….' [Recanati]
22245 A linguistic expression refers to what its associated mental file refers to [Recanati]
16353 Singularity cannot be described, and it needs actual world relations [Recanati]