Liberal Thinking
Turri, J. (2013). Liberal thinking. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 91(3), 515–533.
35 Pages Posted: 1 Aug 2020
Date Written: February 15, 2012
Abstract
When you think about a particular object, what makes your thought about that object? Roderick Chisholm, Ernest Sosa and Michael McKinsey have defended “latitudinarian,” “descriptivist” or what I call “liberal” answers to that question. I carefully consider the motivation for these liberal views and show how it extends in unanticipated ways to motivate views that are considerably more liberal.
Keywords: reference, causation, truth, probability, description
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Turri, John, Liberal Thinking (February 15, 2012). Turri, J. (2013). Liberal thinking. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 91(3), 515–533., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3643911 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3643911
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