Ir‐Content and the Set of Worlds Where a Sentence is True

In Language, Names and Information. Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 61–82 (2010)
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This chapter contains sections titled: Preamble The case of proper names The difference principle The ‘within a world’ version of the argument using the difference principle Sentences containing “actual” and “actually” Demonstrative adjectives Natural kind terms A passing comment on centering Where to from here?

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ir‐content and set of worlds ‐ where a sentence is true   ir‐content of “Some things are round” ‐ set of worlds, where the sentence is true   case of proper names   “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain” and “Samuel Clemens, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”   two modes of presentation ‐ corresponding to two different bearers of credence   individuation issue distinction ‐ from epistemological issues   ‘within a world’ version of argument ‐ using the difference principle   sentences with “actually” and “actual” ‐ as rigidification devices   natural kind terms ‐ sentences whose ir‐content is not given by worlds at which they are true, but sentences with natural kind terms   “There is water nearby” ‐ sentences, that we would expect to have a centered content

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