Truth and reference (Q5931302)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1590815
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1590815 |
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Truth and reference (English)
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24 March 2002
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The view that ``there are determinate referential relations connecting pieces of language with pieces of the world'' is defended against the Davidsonian holistic and instrumentalistic arguments -- including the ``slingshot argument'' (``Great Fact'') -- as well as against the Quinean permutation argument (``indeterminacy of reference'').
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