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Variation in Intuitions about Reference and Ontological Disagreements

Authors :
Machery, E
Machery, E
Publication Year :
2011

Abstract

Previous research suggests that intuitions about reference vary within and across cultures. After having examined and criticized some recent objections formulated against this body of research, I argue that, in combination with some plausible assumptions, variation of intuitions within and across cultures entails some form of referential pluralism - viz. the same word (e.g., "Paris" ) can refer differently for different competent speakers - and that, as a consequence, an infl uential kind of ontological disagreement (disagreements about whether there are such things as x's or whether x's are identical to y's) is vacuous. © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
text/plain, English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.ocn841684186
Document Type :
Electronic Resource