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Ideas for 'Meaning and the Moral Sciences', 'Mind and Body' and 'Essay Conc Human Understanding (2nd Ed)'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories
How reference is specified is not what reference is [Putnam]
Behaviourists doubt whether reference is a single type of relation [Kirk,R]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
For the correct reference of complex ideas, we can only refer to experts [Locke]
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
The claim that scientific terms are incommensurable can be blocked if scientific terms are not descriptions [Putnam]