One Dogma of Millianism

Fregean versus Kripkean Reference*

Millianism is the view that, from a semantical viewpoint, proper names simply refer; there is no further semantically relevant function they play. As the case of indexicals makes very clear, most of the considerations in Naming and Necessity that people find plausible are compatible with the falsity of Millianism. Besides, there are good reasons to consider that thesis false. Millians grant tha...

Two Versions of Millianism

The Resilience of Illogical Belief

Although Professor Schiffer and I have many times disagreed, I share his deep and abiding commitment to argument as a primary philosophical tool. Regretting any communication failure that has occurred, I endeavor here to make clearer my earlier reply in “Illogical Belief” to Schiffer’s alleged problem for my version of Millianism. I shall be skeletal, however; the interested reader is encourage...

Indexical Sinn: Fregeanism versus Millianism Sinn Indexical: Fregeanismo versus Millianismo

This paper discusses two notational variance views with respect to indexical singular reference and content: the view that certain forms of Millianism are at bottom notational variants of a Fregean theory of reference, the Fregean Notational Variance Claim; and the view that certain forms of Fregeanism are at bottom notational variants of a direct reference theory, the Millian Notational Varian...

Central Bank Transparency and Monetary Policy Effectiveness

The paper concentrates on the conditions, contingencies and determinants of central bank transparency and communication. From the state of the economy and the quality of national institutions, to the structure of monetary policy committees, the personality of the governor and the nature of the monetary policy framework - with a particular focus on the case of inflation targeting, there i...