A deliberate limitation of scope must be principled, but Goodman's routes-not-roots distinction arbitrarily excludes causal-historical factors that Kripke and Putnam showed are constitutive of reference generally.
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Routes-not-roots distinction(as Goodman's specific philosophical theory)
Goodman's idea that what matters for understanding meaning is the *path or method* we use to learn something, not its *origin or history*—like saying how you learned a fact matters more than where it originally came from.
Saul Kripke(in 20th-century philosophy)
An influential modern philosopher who developed new ways of thinking about meaning, necessity, and possibility by using the idea of 'possible worlds.'
constitutive of(as used in metaphysics)
Something that is essential to making something what it is—if you remove it, the thing is no longer that thing.
principled(as used in logic and reasoning)
Based on clear, consistent rules or standards rather than random choices or personal preference.
reference(Distinguished from intension in the context of possible worlds semantics)
The actual-world referent of an expression; what the expression picks out in the actual world.