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    The reduplication argument alone does not settle how much... — Carmelics
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    The reduplication argument alone does not settle how much of our thought is direct reference versus thought by description.

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    • 1.The reduplication argument establishes only that some direct reference exists, not its scope.
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    • 2.Different considerations—such as those from indexicals and demonstratives—are needed to determine which individuals can be constituents of singular propositions and under what conditions.
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    • 1.The reduplication argument demonstrates that descriptive content cannot individuate the referent, which entails direct reference is the default mode for singular thought.
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    • 2.If descriptive thought were the primary mode, the reduplication problem would generate systematic referential failure, but competent speakers reliably think about specific individuals.
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    • 3.Therefore, the reduplication argument's structural implications favor direct reference as the dominant mode, not merely as one possibility among many.
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    • 1.Kripke's modal arguments in 'Naming and Necessity' show that proper names are rigid designators across possible worlds, a conclusion that generalizes the scope of direct reference beyond isolated cases.
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    • 2.If rigidity is a semantic feature of the entire class of proper names rather than select tokens, then the reduplication argument instantiates a general principle about singular thought, not merely a boundary case.
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    We thus have a spectrum of views that agree that there is direct reference to individual in thought and language but disagree about its scope, from Russell's restrictive view of direct reference, according to which an agent can only think directly about her occurrent sense data, to the liberal view of direct reference held by Kaplan and Jeshion, according to which objects that have never been perceived can be thought about directly. All of these views respect the intuition that Sally's thoughts
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