Semantic Epistemology: A Brief Response to Devitt

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DOI https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.6223
Edouard Machery

Abstract

In this article, I argue that philosophers' intuitions about reference are not more reliable than lay people's and that intuitions about the reference of proper names and uses of proper names provide equally good evidence for theories of reference.

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Machery, E. (2012). Semantic Epistemology: A Brief Response to Devitt. THEORIA. An International Journal for Theory, History and Foundations of Science, 27(2), 223–227. https://doi.org/10.1387/theoria.6223
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Keywords

semantic epistemology, semantic intuitions, expertise, reference

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Vol. 27 No. 2 (2012): Causality and Explanation in the Sciences
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ARTICLES

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