Understanding singular terms
Abstract
This paper uses a puzzle arising from cases of felicitous underspecification in uses of demonstratives to motivate a new model of communication using singular terms.
Citation
Dickie , I 2020 , ' Understanding singular terms ' , Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume , vol. 94 , no. 1 , pp. 19-55 . https://doi.org/10.1093/arisup/akaa003
Publication
Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
0309-7013Type
Journal article
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