Chapter Føllesdal and Frege on Reference
In this essay I first identify some desiderata for a theory of reference that appear in Føllesdal's later work (Section 1). We will see that these desiderata are highly Fregean in character. Next I outline a Frege-inspired theory of (a certain core form of) reference that I have been developing...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2013
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| Summary: | In this essay I first identify some desiderata for a theory of reference that appear in Føllesdal's later work (Section 1). We will see that these desiderata are highly Fregean in character. Next I outline a Frege-inspired theory of (a certain core form of) reference that I have been developing in my own work (Section 2). Finally I argue that this theory (as far as it goes) satisfies Føllesdal's desiderata (Section 3). In particular, I argue that, when the distinction between semantics proper and the theory of reference is carefully heeded, my Frege-inspired theory of reference can be seen to be fully compatible with Føllesdal's "two-sorted semantics." The Fregeanism that I advocate is thus highly selective: its only direct concern is the theory of reference, not semantics proper. |
|---|---|
| ISBN: | 9783110323542.259 9783110323016 |
| Access: | Open Access |