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Information: This category is devoted to what Quine would call theories of
reference (see his `On what there is'), ie. theories that do notcontain an explicit theory of sense. In particular of interest areKripke's New Theory of Reference, possible worlds sema
Theories of Reference further on these related pages:
A Unified Theory of Names A Unified Theory of Names: Article by John Justice, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. (Theories of Reference) http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Lang/LangJust.htm
Brandom's solution to Kripke's puzzle Brandom's solution to Kripke's puzzle: Frege's example of Hesperus and Phosphorous is widely held to defeat Millian theories of meaning. Kripke has devised an alternate puzzle that seems to show that the same problem exists in Fregean accounts. Here Carl Penco discusses Brandom's resolution o (Theories of Reference) http://www.lettere.unige.it/sif/strutture/9/epi/hp/penco/pub/kpuz.htm
Fodor On Frege Cases Fodor On Frege Cases: Article by Murat Aydede and Philip Robbins. Subtitled `Are Frege Cases Exceptions to Intentional Generalizations?' (Theories of Reference) http://humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/aydede/FodorOnFrege.html
The Theory of Abstract Objects The Theory of Abstract Objects: Web resource provided by Edward Zalta, centering upon his `Principia Metaphysica', a general calculus for the expression of theories of abstract objects. Includes a tutorial section. (Theories of Reference) http://mally.stanford.edu/theory.html
On Naming and Possibility in Kripke and in the Tractatus On Naming and Possibility in Kripke and in the Tractatus: Article by María Cerezo, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. (Theories of Reference) http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Lang/LangCere.htm
The Reference of Theoretical Terms The Reference of Theoretical Terms: Article by Renate Duerr, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy. (Theories of Reference) http://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Lang/LangDuer.htm
Aspects of a Theory of Singular Reference Aspects of a Theory of Singular Reference: William Greenberg's 1982 UCLA dissertation. (Theories of Reference) http://structuredindividuals.com/dissertation/d001.html
Singular Propositions Singular Propositions: Singular propositions (also called `Russellian propositions') are propositions that are about a particular object or individual in virtue of having the object or individual as a constituent of the proposition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by G. W. Fit (Theories of Reference) http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/propositions-singular/
Sellars-Harman Correspondence Sellars-Harman Correspondence: Correspondence between Wilfrid Sellars and Gilbert Harman on truth. Illuminating discussion on the issue of whether a Tarskian semantics provides an adequate basis for a correspondence theory of truth. (Theories of Reference) http://www.ditext.com/sellars/sh-corr.html
On the Model Theory of Knowledge On the Model Theory of Knowledge: An essay by John McCarthy on the use of model theory, with a bias towards knowledge representation. Strong on Kripke models. (Theories of Reference) http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/model/model.html
Additional
Information: This category is devoted to what Quine would call theories of
reference (see his `On what there is'), ie. theories that do notcontain an explicit theory of sense. In particular of interest areKripke's New Theory of Reference, possible worlds sema
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