Do we refer to God directly or indirectly?
Keywords:
God, Holy Spirit, Reference, Descriptivist theory, Semantic inspiration
Abstract
Referring to ‘God,’ either directly or indirectly, has been problematic since God is obviously not reducible to a simple description. We assume that ‘God’ can refer to something but finding which mechanism is most promising will help us figure out how we can refer to Him successfully. I argue that the causal theory of reference, with Meghan Sullivan’s theory of semantic inspiration, and the everyday judgments of ‘God’ lead us to conclude that the reference to God is direct.
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2021-09-30
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Mayorga, L.Y. 2021. Do we refer to God directly or indirectly? . Analysis. Claves de Pensamiento Contemporáneo. 30, (Sep. 2021), 115-123.
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