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    Kripke's framework allows ostensive definition to fix the... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Appearance properties cannot be named

    Kripke's framework allows ostensive definition to fix the reference of a name even when the named item resists descriptive characterization.

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    • 1.Ostensive definition (pointing) can establish reference without descriptive content, as shown by naming infants or novel objects.
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    • 2.Many natural kinds resist complete descriptive characterization yet have determinate reference via historical causal chains.
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    • 3.Kripke's rigid designation allows names to refer across counterfactuals despite uncertainty about the named entity's properties.
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    • 1.Ostensive definition requires interpretive uptake—a hearer must grasp which property or object the pointing targets, requiring some description.
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    • 2.Complete descriptive resistance creates indeterminacy: without criteria distinguishing target from lookalikes, reference becomes insecure.
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    • 3.Kripke's causal-historical theory still presupposes an initial descriptive fixing to anchor the causal chain's origin point.
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