Marti, Genoveva (2008) Against Semantic Multiculturalism. [Preprint]

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E. Machery, R. Mallon, S. Nichols and S. Stich, have argued that there is empirical evidence against Kripke’s claim that names are not descriptive. Their argument is based on an experiment that compares the intuitions about proper name use of a group of English speakers in Hong Kong with those of a group of non-Chinese American students. The results of the experiment suggest that in some cultures speakers use names descriptively. I argue that such a conclusion is incorrect, for the experiment does not prove what it is purported to prove.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Marti, Genoveva
Keywords:	Experimental Philosophy, Reference, Names, Descriptivism, Causal Theory of Reference
Subjects:	General Issues > Experimentation
Depositing User:	Genoveva Marti
Date Deposited:	24 Mar 2008
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:16
Item ID:	3955
Subjects:	General Issues > Experimentation
Date:	March 2008
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3955

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