Year: 2004
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper, I argue that the cleavage between the theory of reference and the theory of meaning, which under the influence of Quine has dominated a large part of the philosophy of language of the last fifty years, is based on a misrepresentation of Tarski’s achievement and on an overestimation of the scope and value of disquotation. In particular, I show that, if we accept Davidson’s critique of disquotation, the same kind of reasons that Quine offered in opposition to the Carnapian theory of meaning also apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Tarskian theory of reference.
Source: Disputatio
Author: Ricardo Santos
Institution: Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Language: English
Subfield: History and Philosophy of Science
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W25967221