@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 29 Mar 2024}, author = {Stalnaker,Robert}, subject = {Causal Theory of Reference}, note = {I 209 Causal Theory/content/Stalnaker: N.B.: the facts about my connection to Cicero do not belong to the content. >Content. The causal theory here is not a theory that the speaker has about himself/herself but that a statement has a specific content and is a function of facts about how the world is. If the world had been different, the sentence about Cicero would have been about another person. >counterfactual conditional. This does not tie us to a causal theory. Then we can explain errors more easily. >Errors, >Explanations.}, note = { Stalnaker I R. Stalnaker Ways a World may be Oxford New York 2003 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=238172} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=238172} }