The blurred boundaries of functional reference: a response to Scarantino & Clay

Abstract

• We respond to Scarantino & Clay's novel conception of functional reference (FR). • Their revision of the concept unfortunately does not solve its central problems. • The proximate mechanisms underpinning signalling remain largely opaque. • Combining signal and context in a “unit of FR” does not refine but blurs FR. • The study of meaning attribution and decision-making appears more fruitful to us.

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