Why we need A-intensions

Frank Jackson

doi:10.1023/b:phil.0000019548.04704.69

Why we need A-intensions

Frank Jackson^*

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Abstract

I think recent discussions of content and reference have not paid enough attention to the role of language as a convention-governed system of communication.¹ With this as a background theme, I explain the role of A-intensions in elucidating one important notion of content and correlative notions of reference.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	257-277
Number of pages	21
Journal	Philosophical Studies
Volume	118
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/b:phil.0000019548.04704.69
Publication status	Published - 2004

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