G. Evans paper ‘The causal theory of names’ (in: Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Vol. 47, 1973) offers a very interesting constructive critique of Kripke’s causal theory of reference. The arguments are based on a high variety of examples (some based on Gedankenexperimente, others are real cases) which usually contain some switch of reference for [...]
Gerath Evans - ‘The causal theory of names’
May 27th, 2006 · Comments Off
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Theory of proper Names
May 27th, 2006 · Comments Off
As I work at the moment on the problem of proper names in philosophy, I opened a wiki page on this topic.
At the moment there is a map offereing a rough historical overview of philosophers dealing with proper names. I will also put (once finished) the slides for my upcoming talk at this place, as [...]
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