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Discussion: Why The New Theory of Reference Does Not Entail Absolute Time and Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Robert Rynasiewicz*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University

Extract

I explain why the New Theory of Reference of Marcus, Kripke, Kaplan, Putnam and others does not entail absolute time and space, contrary to what Quentin Smith has recently claimed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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References

Kripke, S. (1972), “Naming and Necessity”, in Davidson, D. and Harman, G. (eds.), Semantics of Natural Language. Dordrecht: Reidel, pp. 253355.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, Q. (1991), “The New Theory of Reference Entails Absolute Time and Space”, Philosophy of Science 58: 411416.CrossRefGoogle Scholar