Language use in a branching Universe

David Wallace

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Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Philosophy and Theoretical Science Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

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I investigate the consequences for semantics, and in particular for the semantics of tense, if time is assumed to have a branching structure not out of metaphysical necessity (to solve some philosophical problem) but just as a contingent physical fact, as is suggested by a currently-popular approach to the interpretation of quantum mechanics. 1

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1960Word and Object 198611. Reasons and Persons 1956Minnesota studies in the philosophy of science 1986On the Plurality of Worlds 1982The varieties of reference 1979The Problem of the Essential Indexical 1979Attitudes De Dicto and De Se 1973Meaning and Reference

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