A Higher-Order Solution to the Problem of the Concept Horse

Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy 3 (2016)
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This paper uses the resources of higher-order logic to articulate a Fregean conception of predicate reference, and of word-world relations more generally, that is immune to the concept horse problem. The paper then addresses a prominent style of expressibility problem for views of broadly this kind, versions of which are due to Linnebo, Hale, and Wright.

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10.3998/ergo.12405314.0003.006

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Nicholas K. Jones
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