Ideas of Kent Bach, by Theme

[American, fl. 1985, Professor at San Francisco State University.]

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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 6. Free Logic
10455 Free logic at least allows empty names, but struggles to express non-existence
5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic
10454 In first-order we can't just assert existence, and it is very hard to deny something's existence
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 3. Constants in Logic
10453 In logic constants play the role of proper names
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
10452 Proper names can be non-referential - even predicate as well as attributive uses
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
10456 Millian names struggle with existence, empty names, identities and attitude ascription
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions
10440 An object can be described without being referred to
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
10444 Definite descriptions can be used to refer, but are not semantically referential
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 6. Contextual Justification / b. Invariantism
12900 How could 'S knows he has hands' not have a fixed content?
12901 If contextualism is right, knowledge sentences are baffling out of their context
12902 Sceptics aren't changing the meaning of 'know', but claiming knowing is tougher than we think
19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
10446 Fictional reference is different inside and outside the fiction
10447 We can refer to fictional entities if they are abstract objects
10443 You 'allude to', not 'refer to', an individual if you keep their identity vague
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
10439 What refers: indefinite or definite or demonstrative descriptions, names, indexicals, demonstratives?
10441 If we can refer to things which change, we can't be obliged to single out their properties
10442 We can think of an individual without have a uniquely characterizing description
10445 It can't be real reference if it could refer to some other thing that satisfies the description
10457 Since most expressions can be used non-referentially, none of them are inherently referential
10463 Just alluding to or describing an object is not the same as referring to it
19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
10459 Context does not create reference; it is just something speakers can exploit
10460 'That duck' may not refer to the most obvious one in the group
10461 What a pronoun like 'he' refers back to is usually a matter of speaker's intentions
10462 Information comes from knowing who is speaking, not just from interpretation of the utterance
19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / a. Contextual meaning
10458 People slide from contextual variability all the way to contextual determination