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In: | Mind & Language, 15, 2000, 4, S. 433-451 |
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Wiley
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Medientyp: | Artikel, E-Artikel |
Umfang: | 433-451 |
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ISSN: |
0268-1064
1468-0017 |
DOI: | 10.1111/1468-0017.00143 |
veröffentlicht in: | Mind & Language |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Kollektion: | Wiley (CrossRef) |
<jats:p>According to Putnam, meaning and reference depend on acts of structured cooperation between language‐users. For example, laypeople defer to experts regarging the conditions under which something may be called ’gold’. A modest expert may defer to a greater expert. Question: can deference be never‐ending? Two theories say no. I expound these, then criticize them. The theories deal with semantic processes bound by a ’stopping’ constraint which are not cases of ordimary deferring. Deferring is normally done for a reason, and a rational person is always disposed to defer if there is good reason.</jats:p> |