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Keeping (Direct) Reference in Mind

Author(s) -

Edwards Kevan

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

noûs

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.574

H-Index - 66

eISSN - 1468-0068

pISSN - 0029-4624

DOI - 10.1111/nous.12009

Subject(s) - philosophy of language , epistemology , philosophy of mind , style (visual arts) , cognition , psychology , cognitive science , philosophy , metaphysics , archaeology , neuroscience , history

This paper explores the psychological analogues of a cluster of arguments that have played an important role in motivating a now widespread, reference‐based approach in philosophy of language. What I will call the psychological analogues of Kripke‐style arguments provide a substantial motivation for a reference‐based approach to concepts. Insofar as such an approach is rarely given serious consideration, the availability of these arguments suggests the need for a rethinking of some foundational assumptions in philosophy of mind and other branches of the cognitive sciences.

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