“Reference and Contingency”
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“Reference and Contingency” is a seminal philosophical work by Gareth Evans that develops an influential theory of reference, exploring how names and thoughts relate to objects and modal notions like necessity and possibility.
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| instanceOf |
book
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philosophical work ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | philosophy ⓘ |
| academicSubdiscipline |
metaphysics
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philosophy of language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Oxford philosophy ⓘ |
| author | Gareth Evans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| discusses |
contingent identity
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modal semantics ⓘ proper names ⓘ reference to objects ⓘ singular thought ⓘ |
| exploresRelationBetween |
names and objects
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reference and modality ⓘ thoughts and objects ⓘ |
| field | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasPhilosophicalPerspective |
anti-descriptivism about names
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realism about reference ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
influential in analytic metaphysics
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seminal work in philosophy of language ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary theories of reference
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debates on rigid designation ⓘ modal metaphysics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
David Kaplan
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P.F. Strawson NERFINISHED ⓘ Saul Kripke NERFINISHED ⓘ W.V.O. Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
modal notions
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necessity ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ possibility ⓘ theory of reference ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
contingent truths
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counterfactuals ⓘ direct reference ⓘ epistemology of modality ⓘ identity across possible worlds ⓘ necessary truths ⓘ rigid designation ⓘ semantic externalism ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Demonstratives
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Naming and Necessity NERFINISHED ⓘ The Varieties of Reference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century philosophy ⓘ |
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