Number words and reference to numbers
Number words and reference to numbers
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数字词和数字参考
DOI：
10.1007/s11098-013-0129-3
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发表时间：
2014
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1.3
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现实主义的数字观点通常建立在以下命题之上：像‘木星的卫星数是四’这样的陈述是同一性陈述，在这些陈述中，系词的两侧是单数词，其语义功能在于指代一个数字(以下简称：同一性)。在同一性的基础上，现实主义者争辩说，这种陈述的自信使用使我们受制于数字。最近，一些反现实主义者对这种说法提出了异议。根据他们的说法，身份是虚假的，因此，我们可能会否认相关陈述使我们受制于数字。本文认为，对相关数字陈述的正确的语言学分析支持了反现实主义的观点，即身份是虚假的。然而，正如将进一步展示的那样，佩斯反现实主义者，这一分析并不能确定这样的陈述毕竟不会让我们对数字做出承诺。
A realist view of numbers often rests on the following thesis: statements like ‘The number of moons of Jupiter is four’ are identity statements in which the copula is flanked by singular terms whose semantic function consists in referring to a number (henceforth: Identity). On the basis of Identity the realists argue that the assertive use of such statements commits us to numbers. Recently, some anti-realists have disputed this argument. According to them, Identity is false, and, thus, we may deny that the relevant statements commit us to numbers. The present paper argues that the correct linguistic analysis of the relevant number statements supports the anti-realist view that Identity is false. However, as will further be shown, pace the anti-realist, this analysis does not establish that such statements do not commit us to numbers after all.