Predication as ascription

• Autores: David Liebesman
• Localización: Mind, ISSN-e 1460-2113, Vol. 124, Nº. 494, 2015, págs. 517-569
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • I articulate and defend a necessary and sufficient condition for predication. The condition is that a term or term-occurrence stands in the relation of ascription to its designatum, ascription being a fundamental semantic relation that differs from reference. This view has dramatically different semantic consequences from its alternatives. After outlining the alternatives, I draw out these consequences and show how they favour the ascription view. I then develop the view and elicit a number of its virtues.