Kemp, G. (2021) Observation sentences revisited. Mind, (doi: 10.1093/mind/fzaa103) (Early Online Publication)
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Abstract
I argue for an alternative to Quine’s conception of observation sentences, one that better satisfies the roles Quine envisages for them, and that otherwise respects Quinean constraints. After reviewing a certain predicament Quine got into in balancing the needs of the intersubjectivity of observation sentences with his notion of the stimulus meaning of an observation sentence, I push for replacing the latter with what I call the ‘stimulus field’ of an observation sentence, a notion that remains ‘proximate’ but is shared between different language users. Throughout, I emphasize the epistemological role of observation sentences.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Status: | Early Online Publication |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Kemp, Dr Gary |
| Authors: | Kemp, G. |
| College/School: | College of Arts > School of Humanities > Philosophy |
| Journal Name: | Mind |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 0026-4423 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1460-2113 |
| Published Online: | 15 July 2021 |
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