Ding, Chao and Liu, Chuang (2022) Kripke’s Gödel case: Descriptive ambiguity and its experimental interpretation. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 37 (3). pp. 291-308. ISSN 2171-679X
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Abstract
Kripke has taken the Gödel case as a counterexample for reference descriptivism. Machery et al. question the validity of Kripke’s case and had conducted empirical studies to show its inadequacy. Experimental data suggest intuitions on this matter vary both across and within cultures. However, there is a descriptive ambiguity, we argue, in Kripke’s Gödel case, for people associate different types of descriptions with proper names, such as the description of brute facts and the description of social facts. We argue in this paper with experimental data that the descriptive ambiguity exists and affects the actual ratio of Kripkeans in reference. This result flaws Machery et al.’s interpretation on empirical research, but does not challenge their claim on cross-cultural divergence. In fact, there are more East Asian descriptivists than Machery et al. expected.
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| Additional Information: | ISSN: 0495-4548 (print) | |||||||||
| Keywords: | Semantic intuitions, Proper names, Reference, Institutional fact, Gödel case, Kripke | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Data General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email theoria@ehu.es | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 06 Feb 2023 16:45 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2023 16:45 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 21728 | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea / Universidad del País Vasco | |||||||||
| Official URL: | https://ojs.ehu.eus/index.php/THEORIA/article/view... | |||||||||
| DOI or Unique Handle: | 10.1387/theoria.23375 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Data General Issues > Evidence General Issues > Experimentation General Issues > Philosophers of Science |
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| Date: | September 2022 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 291-308 | |||||||||
| Volume: | 37 | |||||||||
| Number: | 3 | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 2171-679X | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/21728 |
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