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'Counterpart theory and Quant. Modal Logic', 'Naming and Necessity lectures' and 'Action, Intention and Reason'
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference
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Kripke derives accounts of reference and proper names from assumptions about worlds and essences [Stalnaker on Kripke]
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Kripke has a definitional account of kinds, but not of naming [Almog on Kripke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
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The important cause is not between dubbing and current use, but between the item and the speaker's information [Evans on Kripke]
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We may refer through a causal chain, but still change what is referred to [Kripke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
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Kripke makes reference a largely social matter, external to the mind of the speaker [Kripke, by McGinn]
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Kripke's theory is important because it gives a collective account of reference [Kripke, by Putnam]
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We refer through the community, going back to the original referent [Kripke]
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19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
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Descriptive reference shows how to refer, how to identify two things, and how to challenge existence [Kripke, by PG]
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It can't be necessary that Aristotle had the properties commonly attributed to him [Kripke]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics
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Rigid designation creates a puzzle - why do some necessary truths appear to be contingent? [Kripke, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]
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