Dubbings-in-trouble

• Autores: Dimitris A. Galanakis
• Localización: Disputatio, ISSN-e 0873-626X, Vol. 3, Nº. 25, 2008, págs. 1-19
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Pelczar and Rainsbury advance a theory of proper names which purports, inter alia, to implement Kripke�s causal theory of name reference in order to explain reference change. The key tool for accomplishing this is the notion of a dubbing-in-force. In this paper I aim to show that this special appeal to dubbings does not sustain any real advance over Kripke�s account at least with respect to the problem of inadvertent referential shift. I argue that this theory has not offered any theory of reference transmission, which I take as a precondition for explaining the problem of reference change, and that the notion of a dubbing-in-force is unnecessary for name reference.