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European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, Vol. 1 No. 1, 2005.

Original scientific paper

Does "rabbit" refer to rabbits?

Michael Liston

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Abstract

It is commonly presupposed that all instances of the deflationary reference schema ‘F’ applies to x if and only if x is ‘are correct. This paper argues, mainly on the basis of concrete example, that we have little reason to be confident about this presupposition: our tendency to believe the instances is based on local successes that may not be globally extendible. There is a problem of semantic projection, Ii argue, and standard accounts that would resolve or dissolve the problem are problematic.

Keywords

the problem of semantic projection; reference schema; the problem of induction

Hrčak ID:

91073

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/91073

Publication date:

9.8.2005.

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