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Part I Against acquaintance |
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1 Introduction: reference and singular thought |
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3 | (34) |
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3 | (1) |
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1.3 Reference after Russell |
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1.4 Singular thought after Russell |
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15 | (4) |
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1.5 Acquaintance after Russell |
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19 | (6) |
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1.6 Should auld acquaintance be forgot? |
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25 | (10) |
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35 | (2) |
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2 A defense of liberalism |
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37 | (34) |
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37 | (3) |
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2.2 Acquaintance and attitude reports |
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40 | (5) |
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45 | (5) |
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2.4 Harmony, Sufficiency, and impoverished cases |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (3) |
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56 | (5) |
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2.7 The irrelevance of constraint |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (4) |
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2.9 Conditional reference fixers |
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68 | (3) |
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71 | (22) |
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3.1 Knowing-which and discrimination |
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71 | (3) |
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3.2 Evans on acquaintance |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (5) |
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3.4 Knowledge of existence |
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83 | (2) |
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3.5 Understanding and knowledge |
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85 | (8) |
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Part II Beyond acquaintance |
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4 From the specific to the singular |
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4.1 Indefinites: preliminary observations |
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93 | (6) |
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4.2 Specificity: the bifurcated view |
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99 | (6) |
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4.3 Interlude: presupposition |
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105 | (2) |
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4.4 Specificity: the simple view |
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107 | (10) |
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4.5 Interlude: covert domain restriction |
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117 | (5) |
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4.6 Specificity as domain restriction |
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122 | (11) |
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133 | (3) |
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136 | (2) |
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4.9 Coy and candid restrictions |
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138 | (3) |
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141 | (3) |
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4.11 Specifics in attitude ascriptions |
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144 | (7) |
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4.12 The representation requirement |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (48) |
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5.1 Three approaches to uniqueness |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (12) |
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5.3 Exceptions to specificity? |
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168 | (7) |
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175 | (6) |
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181 | (9) |
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5.6 Three arguments for a neo-Fregean `the' |
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190 | (6) |
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5.7 Five arguments against a neo-Fregean `the' |
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196 | (6) |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (40) |
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203 | (2) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (4) |
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211 | (7) |
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218 | (1) |
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219 | (2) |
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6.7 The predicate view: details |
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221 | (3) |
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6.8 Two ineffective arguments |
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224 | (3) |
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6.9 Calling and describing |
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227 | (6) |
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6.10 Against the predicate view |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (4) |
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6.12 Varieties of validity |
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239 | (2) |
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6.13 Names: a tentative verdict |
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241 | (2) |
Afterword |
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243 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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