Originalism about Word Types

Thought: A Journal of Philosophy 5 (2):126-133 (2016)
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Abstract

According to Originalism, word types are non-eternal continuants which are individuated by their causal-historical lineage and have a unique possible time of origination. This view collides with the intuition that individual words can be added to the lexicon of a language at different times, and generates other problematic consequences. The paper shows that such undesired results can be accommodated without abandoning Originalism.

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Luca Gasparri
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