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Nominalism and Causal Theories of Reference
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Jeffrey W. Roland
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March 19, 2010
Abstract
According to contemporary nominalism, there are no abstracta. A common way of arguing against the existence of abstracta deploys a causal theory of reference. In short, we have no good reason to believe in what we cannot refer to and, since reference is causal and abstracta are causally isolated, we cannot refer to abstracta. In this paper, I examine just how far this sort of argument takes nominalism.
Published Online: 2010-03-19
Published in Print: 2009-November
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