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SUMMARY:Reference and persistence
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: The aim of this talk is to bring together work in me
 taphysics and the philosophy of language to shed light on how speakers use
  referential expressions to pick out per-sisting entities. Focussing on pr
 oper names and pronouns\, I argue that ordinary speakers use proper names 
 and pronouns variably to pick out temporal segments or phases of objects\,
  rather than entire spacetime worms\, instantaneous stages or wholly prese
 nt objects. And I suggest that this semantic variability is best construed
  as a kind of context-sensitivity\, which I call persistence context-sensi
 tivity. Persistence context-sensitivity matters for metaphysics: while the
 ories of persistence are commonly assessed in terms of how well they fit w
 ith ordinary language use\, it becomes apparent that none of the standard 
 theories of persistence are in line with such use. And persistence context
 -sensitivity matters for semantics and metasemantics: it supports the view
  that names are context-sensitive\, strengthens parallels between names an
 d pronouns\, bears on the distinction between stage-level and individual-l
 evel predicates and raises metasemantic questions about how referential ex
 pressions receive a semantic value in context.
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
LOCATION:Seminari de Filosofia\, Faculty of Philosophy (4th floor)\, Univer
 sity of Barcelona
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