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Ideas for 'Causation', 'Reference and Necessity' and 'Reason, Truth and History'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference

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In the use of a name, many individuals are causally involved, but they aren't all the referent [Stalnaker]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference

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Neither individual nor community mental states fix reference [Putnam]

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Maybe the total mental state of a language community fixes the reference of a term [Putnam]