BURGE ON THE SUPPOSED INDEXICALITY OF NATURAL KIND DESIGNATORS

Authors

  • César Schirmer dos Santos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/phi.v12i2.4195

Keywords:

externalism, meaning, reference, indexicality

Abstract

In the 1970s, Hilary Putnam defended the thesis that natural kinds designators, words such as “water”, “tiger” and “gold”, are indexicals, because their meaning change in each context. However, Tyler Burge rejected this argument, and Putnam came to adopt his position.The rejection of Burge is supported by the distinction between beliefs de re and beliefs de dicto. In this article we will see the points of contact between the positions of Putnam and Burge, the position of Putnam in 1970s, the main points of Burge’s argument against the indexicality of natural kinds names, and the difference between beliefs de re and beliefs de dicto.

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Author Biography

César Schirmer dos Santos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Mestre em Filosofia, professor do Departamento de Filosofia da UFRGS, doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação da UFRGS.

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Published

2009-02-20

How to Cite

DOS SANTOS, César Schirmer. BURGE ON THE SUPPOSED INDEXICALITY OF NATURAL KIND DESIGNATORS. Philósophos a journal of philosophy, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/phi.v12i2.4195. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/philosophos/article/view/4195. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2007): Philosophy of Language and mind

Section

Artigos Originais

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