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528Against Salmon: Saving Conceptual Theories / Contra Salmon: Salvando as Teorias ConceituaisItaca 18 133-148. 2011.In this paper I intend to expose some of Nathan Salmon's arguments, which aim to show that the conceptual theories of the informational value of singular terms cannot be the case, and to present some objections to these arguments, objections which seek to restore the capacity of the conceptual theories to secure the referent, and to have a concept as the informational value of a singular term. I fulfill such goal by making an initial introduction, where I briefly explain Frege's Puzzle, and then…Read more
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670It was argued by Célia Teixeira (2003) that the actualized descriptivist theory of names have the problem of generating undesired epistemic necessities. In this paper I want to argue for a descriptivis theory that does not suffer from such problem. For this I will explain Teixeira's objections and later present my own conception of an actualized descriptivist theory of names; it is, protected against the problem of undesired necessities.
Programa de Pós-Graduação Em Lógica E Metafísica From Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro
Alumnus, 2016
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Areas of Specialization
| Metaphysics and Epistemology |
| Metaphysics |
| Science, Logic, and Mathematics |