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@ah__cl "Meaning" is like "animal" - too vague and not elementary - it involves two separate elements: sense and reference (first introduced by Gotlob Frege at end of 19th century). https://t.co/mbAjuypWJF)
Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective
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Table of Contents
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Altmetric BadgeBook Overview
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 1 Introduction – Michael Devitt at Eighty
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 2 Invariance as the Mark of the Psychological Reality of Language
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 3 Priorities and Diversities in Language and Thought
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 4 Theories of Reference: What Was the Question?
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 5 Multiple Grounding
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 6 Reference and Causal Chains
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 7 The Qua- Problem for Names (Dismissed)
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 8 Language from a Naturalistic Perspective
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 9 Michael Devitt, Cultural Evolution and the Division of Linguistic Labour
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 10 Still for Direct Reference
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 11 Naming and Non-necessity
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 12 Against Rigidity for General Terms
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 13 Devitt and the Case for Narrow Meaning
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 14 Languages and Idiolects
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 15 Explanation First! The Priority of Scientific Over “Commonsense” Metaphysics
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 16 Experimental Semantics, Descriptivism and Anti-descriptivism. Should We Endorse Referential Pluralism?
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 17 Scientific Realism and Epistemic Optimism
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 18 Species Have Historical Not Intrinsic Essences
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Altmetric BadgeChapter 19 Stirring the Possum: Responses to the Bianchi Papers