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Refer­ences (Lan­guage)

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

The Quo­ta­tion is not the Referent

Eliezer YudkowskyMar 13, 2008, 12:53 AM
75 points
14 comments3 min readLW link

Mean­ing of Words—An Ex­er­cise for Ac­tive Thinking

aysajanJan 31, 2022, 8:18 PM
13 points
0 comments6 min readLW link

The ab­sur­dity of un-refer­ence­able entities

jessicataMar 14, 2020, 5:40 PM
22 points
21 comments4 min readLW link
(unstableontology.com)

Re­duc­tive Reference

Eliezer YudkowskyApr 3, 2008, 1:37 AM
59 points
46 comments6 min readLW link

Re­la­bel­ings vs. Ex­ter­nal References

Chris_LeongSep 20, 2019, 2:20 AM
12 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

Nam­ing and poin­ter thickness

Adam ZernerApr 28, 2021, 6:35 AM
22 points
5 comments2 min readLW link

Referenc­ing the Unreferencable

Chris_LeongApr 4, 2020, 10:42 AM
16 points
5 comments3 min readLW link
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