Philosophy of Language
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In The Case for Referential Descriptions Michael Devitt presents his case for the claim that definite descriptions like, for instance, ‘the… Read more.
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(via David Pereplyotchik) Below are links to some examples of talks that fall well within the cognitive science arena. I’ve… Read more.
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As anyone who knows me knows, I am extremely fond of swearing. I have never understood whyt some words are… Read more.
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I am continuing my series of posts on the Meaning course I am auditing co-taught by Devitt and Neale (previous… Read more.
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I am continuing my experiment of recording my powerpoint presentations and making them available for people to listen to. I… Read more.
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So I wanted to finish up talking about Devitt’s view about the methodology of naturalized semantics. Given that the semantic… Read more.
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Devitt on Intuitions As I talked about in a previous post, Devitt argues that there is only one way of… Read more.
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So, since I am auditing these courses and I do not have to do any work for them I figured I… Read more.
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