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inscrutability of reference: a standalone construct

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Philosophy of language

the thesis that behavioral evidence cannot settle what a term refers to, for example whether 'gavagai' refers to rabbits or to undetached rabbit parts.

In philosophy of language, inscrutability of reference refers to the thesis that behavioral evidence cannot settle what a term refers to, for example whether 'gavagai' refers to rabbits or to undetached rabbit parts. This meaning comes from Quine (1969) in Ontological Relativity and Other Essays.[1]

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References

Quine, W. V. (1969). Ontological Relativity and Other Essays. Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/quin92204

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