4140 | The standard metre in Paris is neither one metre long nor not one metre long [Wittgenstein] |
17506 | I now think reference by the tests of experts is a special case of being causally connected [Putnam] |
9181 | The causal theory of reference can't distinguish just hearing a name from knowing its use [Dummett] |
10516 | A realistic view of reference is possible for concrete objects, but not for abstract objects [Dummett, by Hale] |
5822 | The important cause is not between dubbing and current use, but between the item and the speaker's information [Evans on Kripke] |
17033 | We may refer through a causal chain, but still change what is referred to [Kripke] |
5823 | The intended referent of a name needs to be the cause of the speaker's information about it [Evans] |
5825 | Speakers intend to refer to items that are the source of their information [Evans] |
14080 | Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J] |
16432 | One view says the causal story is built into the description that is the name's content [Stalnaker] |
16404 | In the use of a name, many individuals are causally involved, but they aren't all the referent [Stalnaker] |
14071 | Naming a thing in the actual world also invokes some persistence criteria [Gibbard] |
14215 | Causal theories of reference make errors in reference easy [Lewis] |
10432 | A new usage of a name could arise from a mistaken baptism of nothing [Sainsbury] |
3209 | Causal theories of reference (by 'dubbing') don't eliminate meanings in the heads of dubbers [Rey] |
3210 | If meaning and reference are based on causation, then virtually everything has meaning [Rey] |
7615 | Field says reference is a causal physical relation between mental states and objects [Field,H, by Putnam] |
9547 | Mathematical entities are causally inert, so the causal theory of reference won't work for them [Chihara] |
15166 | Causal reference seems to get directly at the object, thus leaving its nature open [Sidelle] |
18612 | Americans are more inclined to refer causally than the Chinese are [Machery] |
14475 | How can causal theories of reference handle nonexistence claims? [Thomasson] |
14474 | Pure causal theories of reference have the 'qua problem', of what sort of things is being referred to [Thomasson] |