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Refer­ences (Lan­guage)

TagLast edit: 1 Sep 2020 5:01 UTC by Chris_Leong

One of the basic functions of language is referring to entities. This tag is for posting delving into the nature of what this is.

Re­la­bel­ings vs. Ex­ter­nal References

Chris_Leong20 Sep 2019 2:20 UTC
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Referenc­ing the Unreferencable

Chris_Leong4 Apr 2020 10:42 UTC
16 points
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The ab­sur­dity of un-refer­ence­able entities

jessicata14 Mar 2020 17:40 UTC
22 points
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(unstableontology.com)

The Quo­ta­tion is not the Referent

Eliezer Yudkowsky13 Mar 2008 0:53 UTC
73 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Re­duc­tive Reference

Eliezer Yudkowsky3 Apr 2008 1:37 UTC
49 points
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Nam­ing and poin­ter thickness

Adam Zerner28 Apr 2021 6:35 UTC
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Mean­ing of Words—An Ex­er­cise for Ac­tive Thinking

aysajan31 Jan 2022 20:18 UTC
13 points
0 comments6 min readLW link
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