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Horwich I 437
Elite classes/nature/natural reference/world/language/Lewis/Putnam: thesis: there are certain classes of things -out there- (elite classes) which are intrinsically different, while it is a natural condition for reference (integrated in nature) that as many of our concepts as possible should refer to these elite classes. - PutnamVs: that’s spooky.
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Schwarz I 149
New theory of reference/Putnam: Reference has nothing to do with associated description - so pain might actually be joy. (Kripke ditto) - LewisVsPutnam: Solution: Role: pain cannot play the role of Joy.
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Schwarz I 217
Reference/description theory of reference/Lewis: Thesis: expressions such as possible worlds, meanings, pain, objective probability are associated with roles that determine what they refer to.
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Putnam II 195 f
Reference/Lewis: is a functional property. (See properties/Putnam). - Important argument: to be distinguished in physical/non-physical.
Reference is then a functional property of the organism-plus-environment system.
Then the commonality of references is just as abstract as a program, but does not require any fundamental quantities.
PutnamVsLewis: Reference is no functional property, no causality or causality is nothing physical.
>Reference/Putnam.

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