Author: Braddon-Mitchell David
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
ISSN: 0031-8116
Source: Philosophical Studies, Vol.118, Iss.1-2, 2004-03, pp. : 133-152
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Abstract
The two-dimensional framework in semantics has the most power and plausibility when combined with a kind of global semantic neo-descriptivism. If neo-descriptivism can be defended on the toughest terrain — the semantics of ordinary proper names — then the other skirmishes should be easier. This paper defends neo-descriptivism against two important objections: that the descriptions may be inaccessibly locked up in sub-personal modules, and thus not accessible
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