1st Edition
The Referential Mechanism of Proper Names Cross-cultural Investigations into Referential Intuitions
By Jincai Li
Copyright 2023
190 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
190 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Each of us bears a unique name given to us at birth. When people use your name, they typically refer to you. But what is the linkage that ties a name to a person and hence allows it to refer?
Li’s book approaches this question of reference empirically through the medium of referential intuitions. Building on the literature on philosophical and linguistic intuitions, she proposes a... Read more
1. Introduction: Proper Names and Reference 2. Classical Theories of Reference of Proper Names 3. An Account of Referential Intuitions 4. The Cross-cultural Variation in Referential Intuitions 5. The Effects of Moral Valence on Referential Intuitions 6. The Effects of Perspective-taking on Referential Intuitions 7. Theorizing the Reference of Proper Names 8. Conclusions
Biography
Jincai Li is Lecturer in the Department of English at East China Normal University, China. Her research interests include experimental philosophy, experimental pragmatics, and experimental semantics. She has published in Cognition, Journal of Semantics and some prestigious Chinese journals.
