A note on mental content in the Causal Theory
Date
2013
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Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics
Abstract
Kripke's causal theory requires that downstream users of a name must have the intention to use the name in the same way that upstream users did. Kripke, however, has demonstrated no need for this requirement qua independent condition. He is antecedently committed to a distinction between baptismal use and downstream use. Any plausible construal of this distinction will block the problem that this condition is supposed to solve.
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CITATION: Smit, J. P. 2013. A note on mental content in the Causal Theory. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 42:77-80,
doi:10.5774/42-0-138.
The original publication is available at http://spil.journals.ac.za
The original publication is available at http://spil.journals.ac.za
Keywords
Kripke, Saul A., 1940-, Casual theory
Citation
Smit, J. P. 2013. A note on mental content in the Causal Theory. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 42:77-80,
doi:10.5774/42-0-138.