Thursday, November 5
4:00 - 5:45
Humanities 2, 259
Abstract:
I shall prove a principle which brings out the significance for accounts of aboutness and reference of the fact that justification is truth conducive; use this principle to develop an account of reference-fixing for proper names which presents an alternative to the tired menu of traditional causalisms, descriptivisms, and crosses between; and identify two questions around which the next phase in discussions of reference-fixing for proper names should be structured.
About:
Imogen Dickie is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Toronto. Research Interests: Philosophy of language and mind: theory of reference, metasemantics, acquaintance, perception, communication, singular thought. Some topics in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of action.
