Some Remarks on P utnam's Contributions to Semantics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20142926 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tyler Burge (0000-0002-5875-365X, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 229-241 |
| Publication date | 2013-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theoria (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5825 • E-ISSN: 1755-2567 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/theo.12016 |
| OpenAlex | W2138328966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 7 |
After a critical discussion of Putnam's early work on the analytic–synthetic distinction, this article discusses seven contributions that Putnam has made to the philosophy of language. These contributions are (1) to understanding the role of definitions in science and in ordinary discourse; (2) to recognizing the role of stereotypes in explaining meaning; (3) to acknowledging the minimal role of explicative understanding in having linguistic competence with natural kind words; (4) to distinguishing sharply between identifying natural kinds and determining their more fundamental natures; (5) to exploring a division of linguistic labour – a role for social interaction in determining reference, especially of natural kind terms; (6) to establishing a broadly unified causal account of the reference of ordinary natural kind terms and scientific physical magnitude terms; and (7) to reviving a conception of scientific language that allows for trans‐theoretical reference and one sort of trans‐theoretical meaning
Competence (human resources) · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Linguistics · Meaning (existential) · Metaphysics · Natural (archaeology) · Natural kind · Natural language · Ordinary language philosophy · Philosophy of language · Philosophy of science · Sociology · sort · Western philosophy · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
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