Existence and reference

Authors

  • Paolo Leonardi Università di Bologna

Keywords:

Existence, Reference, Indeterminacy, Concepts, Mary’s room

Abstract

Here, I suggest that words get their meaning first from what exists, and consider the impact the assumption has on indeterminacy theses à la Quine,innateness views of concepts, and finally Jackson’s famous Mary’s room argument.

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Published

2013-12-28

How to Cite

Leonardi, P. (2013) “Existence and reference”, Rivista Italiana di Filosofia del Linguaggio, 7(3), pp. 87-97. Available at: http://www.rifl.unical.it/index.php/rifl/article/view/177 (Accessed: 7January2026).

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2013): Linguistic relativity (guest editor: Elisabetta Lalumera)

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