The Reference of Proper Names: Testing Usage and Intuitions
Michael Devitt; Nicolas Porot · 2018 · Cognitive Science
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Abstract (excerpt)
Experiments on theories of reference have mostly tested referential intuitions. We think that experiments should rather be testing linguistic usage. Substantive Aim (I): to test classical description theories of proper names against usage…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1111/cogs.12609