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Reference, philosophy: reference means a) the relation between an expression and one or more objects, thus the reference or b) the object (reference object) itself. Terminological confusion arises easily because the author, to whom this term ultimately goes back - G. Frege - spoke of meaning (in the sense of "pointing at something"). Reference is therefore often referred to as Fregean meaning in contrast to the Fregean sense, which describes what we call meaning today. See also meaning, sense, intension, extension. _____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Christopher Peacocke on Reference - Dictionary of Arguments
I 47 Reference/meaning: sensation/representational/Peacocke: Question: intrinsically spatial sense? not necessary, because it is about reference, not about meaning. E.g. Horn / Oboe reversed: not monaurally audible, but monocularly visible! >Distinctions, >Qualia, >Meaning, >Sensory impressions, cf. >Individuation/Strawson. I 150 Guaranteed reference/Peacocke: e.g. my paternal grandfather - e.g. "the oldest living person, or else I". - This is even a priori guaranteed. >Identification, >Names, cf. >Referential/attributive, E.g. Hallucination: if I was hallucinating Dummett, this is still a thought about Dummett._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Peacocke I Chr. R. Peacocke Sense and Content Oxford 1983 Peacocke II Christopher Peacocke "Truth Definitions and Actual Languges" In Truth and Meaning, G. Evans/J. McDowell, Oxford 1976 |