Kripke’s Gödel case: Descriptive ambiguity and its experimental interpretation

IF 0.3 3区 哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY
Chao Ding, Chuang Liu
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Abstract

Kripke has taken the Gödel case as a counterexample for reference descriptivism. Machery et al. question the validity of Kripke’s case and had conducted empirical studies to show its inadequacy. Experimental data suggest intuitions on this matter vary both across and within cultures. However, there is a descriptive ambiguity, we argue, in Kripke’s Gödel case, for people associate different types of descriptions with proper names, such as the description of brute facts and the description of social facts. We argue in this paper with experimental data that the descriptive ambiguity exists and affects the actual ratio of Kripkeans in reference. This result flaws Machery et al.’s interpretation on empirical research, but does not challenge their claim on cross-cultural divergence. In fact, there are more East Asian descriptivists than Machery et al. expected. 
克里普克的哥德尔案例:描述歧义及其实验解释
克里普克把哥德尔案作为参照描述主义的反例。Machery等人质疑Kripke案例的有效性,并进行了实证研究以表明其不足之处。实验数据表明,对这一问题的直觉在不同文化之间和文化内部都有所不同。然而,我们认为,在克里普克的哥德尔案例中,存在着一种描述性的歧义,因为人们将不同类型的描述与专有名称联系在一起,例如对野蛮事实的描述和对社会事实的描述。在本文中,我们用实验数据证明了描述歧义的存在,并影响了Kripkean在参考文献中的实际比例。这一结果有损于Machery等人对实证研究的解释,但并没有挑战他们关于跨文化差异的主张。事实上,东亚的描述学家比Machery等人预期的要多。
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期刊介绍: Since its foundation in 1935, Theoria publishes research in all areas of philosophy. Theoria is committed to precision and clarity in philosophical discussions, and encourages cooperation between philosophy and other disciplines. The journal is not affiliated with any particular school or faction. Instead, it promotes dialogues between different philosophical viewpoints. Theoria is peer-reviewed. It publishes articles, reviews, and shorter notes and discussions. Short discussion notes on recent articles in Theoria are welcome.
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