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Weather predicates, binding, and radical contextualism
Author(s) -
Elbourne Paul
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
mind and language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.905
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1468-0017
pISSN - 0268-1064
DOI - 10.1111/mila.12314
Subject(s) - contextualism , meaning (existential) , epistemology , position (finance) , linguistics , philosophy , psychology , economics , finance , interpretation (philosophy)
The implicit content indicating location associated with “raining” and other weather predicates is a definite description meaning “the location occupied by x ,” where the individual variable “ x ” can be referential or bound. This position has deleterious consequences for certain varieties of radical contextualism.