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Discussion: Why The New Theory of Reference Does Not Entail Absolute Time and Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Robert Rynasiewicz
Robert Rynasiewicz*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, The Johns Hopkins University
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I explain why the New Theory of Reference of Marcus, Kripke, Kaplan, Putnam and others does not entail absolute time and space, contrary to what Quentin Smith has recently claimed.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 59 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 508 - 509
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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References

Kripke, S. (1972), “Naming and Necessity”, in Davidson, D. and Harman, G. (eds.), Semantics of Natural Language. Dordrecht: Reidel, pp. 253–355.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, Q. (1991), “The New Theory of Reference Entails Absolute Time and Space”, Philosophy of Science 58: 411–416.CrossRefGoogle Scholar