Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 314ff
To mean/reference/divine standpoint/Wittgenstein/Evans: for example, someone is in love with one of two identical twins - God, if he could look into his/her head, could not tell with which of them the person is in love, if the person itself does not know in a moment. ((s) Because no additional information could be found in the mental state and in the twin.)- Evans: the (description-) theory of the mind cannot explain why erroneous descriptions cannot give the impetus.
I 325
Reference/Evans: Reference is also possible if the description is not fulfilled, but not designation.
I 328
Reference/Names/Evans: in general, we refer to the thing that is the source of the prevailing information.
I 333ff
Reference/Evans: reference is defined by information sets, not by fitting.
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Frank I 22
Evans: between Frege and Perry: saves Fregean sense, but meaning = reference!
I 24ff
Meaning unequal Reference/Evans: e.g. "today": the meaning remains, the speaker changes. > "Fido"-Fido-Theory/Evans: equals the meaning and the reference: > I/Evans.
Frank I 503
EvansVsGeach/EvansVsStrawson: one aspect of the reference is to make your audience do something.


Gareth Evans(1982): Self-Identification, in: G.Evans The Varieties of Reference, ed. by John McDowell,
Oxford/NewYork 1982, 204-266