Intuitions About the Reference of Proper Names: A Meta-Analysis

Noah van Dongen; Matteo Colombo; Felipe Romero; Jan Sprenger

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Intuitions About the Reference of Proper Names: A Meta-Analysis

Noah van Dongen, Matteo Colombo^*, Felipe Romero, Jan Sprenger

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Abstract

The finding that intuitions about the reference of proper names vary cross-culturally (Machery et al.Cognition92: 1-12.2004) was one of the early milestones in experimental philosophy. Many follow-up studies investigated the scope and magnitude of such cross-cultural effects, but our paper provides the first systematic meta-analysis of studies replicating (Machery et al.Cognition92: 1-12.2004). In the light of our results, we assess the existence and significance of cross-cultural effects for intuitions about the reference of proper names.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	745–774
Number of pages	30
Journal	Review of Philosophy and Psychology
Volume	12
Early online date	20-Sept-2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13164-020-00503-8
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Semantic intuitions
Theory of reference
Proper names
Cross-cultural psychology
Meta-analysis
Experimental philosophy
SEMANTICS
COMMON

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