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Topics in Contemporary Philosophy Editors William P. Kabasenche, Washington State University Michael O’Rourke, University of Idaho Matthew H. Slater, Bucknell University
Editorial Board Kent Bach, San Francisco State University Michael Bratman, Stanford University Nancy Cartwright, London School of Economics Richard Feldman, University of Rochester John Martin Fischer, University of California, Riverside Nicholas F. Gier, University of Idaho Philip J. Ivanhoe, Boston University Michael McKinsey, Wayne State University John Perry, Stanford University Stephen Schiffer, New York University Harry Silverstein, Washington State University Brian Skyrms, University of California, Irvine Holly Smith, Rutgers University Judith Jarvis Thomson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Peter van Inwagen, University of Notre Dame
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Reference and Referring
edited by William P. Kabasenche, Michael O’Rourke, and Matthew H. Slater
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1 Reference and Referring: A Framework 1 Jessica Pepp 2 Descriptivism and the Representation of Spatial Location 33 Robin Jeshion 3 Empirical Data and the Theory of Reference 63 Genoveva Martí 4 Two Versions of Millianism 83 Scott Soames 5 Semantic Stipulation and Knowledge De Re 119 Chris Tillman and Joshua Spencer 6 Hob, Nob, and Mythical Witches 149 David Braun 7 From Having in Mind to Direct Reference 189 Antonio Capuano 8 Necessity in Reference 209 Ori Simchen 9 Has the Theory of Reference Rested on a Mistake? 235 Mark Hinchliff 10 Referring to What Is and to What Isn’t 253 Jody Azzouni 11 Reference and Jazz Combo Theories of Meaning 271 Kenneth A. Taylor Ap
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12 Quantification and Conversation 305 Chad Carmichael 13 : (In)definiteness and Implicature 325 Laurence R. Horn and Barbara Abbott 14 Reference and Ambiguity in Complex Demonstratives 357 Geoff Georgi 15 Words Gone Sour? 385 Stavroula Glezakos Contributors Index 407
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