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    Gregory Fowler

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    Gregory Fowler is a contemporary philosopher working in the philosophy of language, with particular focus on the ontology of linguistic entities. His work engages questions about word individuation, type-token distinctions, and how physical inscriptions relate to the linguistic objects they instantiate. He has contributed to debates about how a single material mark can give rise to multiple or ambiguous linguistic interpretations.

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    Analyzed the conditions under which a single inscription generates multiple word-token readings

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    Contributed to debates on the type-token distinction in philosophy of language

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    Examined the ontological status of linguistic artifacts and their interpretations

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    The apparent multiplication of word-tokens from a single inscription based on different readings is not a genuine mereological multiplication of entities

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