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418Reference and ResponseAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 89 (1): 19-36. 2011.A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtue of the speaker's associating a condition with that use that singles the referent out. This view has been criticized by Saul Kripke as empirically inadequate. Recently, however, it has been argued that a version of the standard view, a /response-based theory of reference/, survives the charge of empirical inadequacy by allowing that associated conditions may be largely or even entirely implicit. …Read more
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1608Grounding ExplanationsPhilosophers' Imprint 13. 2013.A compelling idea holds that reality has a layered structure. We often disagree about what inhabits the bottom layer, but we agree that higher up we find chemical, biological, geological, psychological, sociological, economic, /etc./, entities: molecules, human beings, diamonds, mental states, cities, interest rates, and so on. How is this intuitive talk of a layered structure of entities to be understood? Traditionally, philosophers have proposed to understand layered structure in terms of eith…Read more
UCLA
Department Of Philosophy
Alumnus
Burlington, Vermont, United States of America
Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Philosophy of Language |
Logic and Philosophy of Logic |
PhilPapers Editorships
Critiques and Defenses of Grounding |