Singular Reference Without Singular Thought

AUTOR(ES)

Martone, Filipe

FONTE

Manuscrito

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

17/05/2016

RESUMO

Abstract In this paper I challenge the widespread assumption that the conditions for singular reference are more or less the same as the conditions for singular thought. I claim that we refer singularly to things without thinking singularly about them more often than it is usually believed. I first argue that we should take the idea that singular thought is non-descriptive thought very seriously. If we do that, it seems that we cannot be so liberal about what counts as acquaintance; only perception (and memory) will do. I also briefly discuss and reject semantic instrumentalism. Finally, I argue that while singular reference is cheap, singular thought comes only at a price.

Documentos Relacionados

• Some Singular Properties of Bacterial Flagella, with Special Reference to Monotrichous Forms
• The “Pink panther” in architecture: the transdisciplinary approach and thought without image
• Anteroposterior displacement behavior of the center of pressure, without visual reference, in postmenopausal women with and without lumbar osteoporosis
• Singular scientists
• Sobre Regularização e Perturbação Singular