Ceteris paribus provisos, knowledge of reference-fixing conventions, and proper names: Reply to Orlando

• Autores: Mario Gómez-Torrente
• Localización: Manuscrito: revista internacional de filosofía, ISSN 0100-6045, Vol. 43, Nº. 4 (out./dez.), 2020, págs. 35-48
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Abstract Eleonora Orlando argues that one must understand some descriptivist theories of names that I criticize in my book Roads to Reference as ceteris paribus generalizations, and that on this understanding they survive my criticisms; she also introduces some doubts about my views on the knowledge speakers have of the reference-fixing conventions I postulate for proper names. In this note I argue against Orlando’s suggestion about ceteris paribus provisos and explain my view of the epistemology of reference-fixing conventions.