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| Inscrutability of reference - Economics Dictionary of Arguments | |||
| Inscrutability, philosophy: the inscrutability of reference is an expression by W.V.O. Quine (Quine, “Word and Object”, 1960) for the problem that - even in a particular situation - it cannot be determined in principle to which object the use of an expression refers. See also uncertainty of translation, Gavagai, indeterminacy, reference, translation, pointing, ostension._____________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. | |||
| Author | Item | More concepts for author | |
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| Lewis, David K. | Inscrutability of reference | Lewis, David K. | |
| Loar, Brian | Inscrutability of reference | Loar, Brian | |
| Newen, A./Schrenk, M. | Inscrutability of reference | Newen, A./Schrenk, M. | |
| Putnam, Hilary | Inscrutability of reference | Putnam, Hilary | |
| Quine, W.V.O. | Inscrutability of reference | Quine, Willard Van Orman | |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2025-01-16 | |||
