%0 Journal Article %1 linnebo2011 %A Linnebo, Øystein %D 2011 %J Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society %K abstraction abstractionism neofregeanism %N 1 %P 45--71 %T Reference by Abstraction %V 112 %X Frege suggests that criteria of identity should play a central role in the explanation of reference, especially to abstract objects. This paper develops a precise model of how we can come to refer to a particular kind of abstract object, namely, abstract letter types. It is argued that the resulting abstract referents are ‘metaphysically lightweight’.

@article{linnebo2011, abstract = {Frege suggests that criteria of identity should play a central role in the explanation of reference, especially to abstract objects. This paper develops a precise model of how we can come to refer to a particular kind of abstract object, namely, abstract letter types. It is argued that the resulting abstract referents are ‘metaphysically lightweight’.}, added-at = {2012-12-06T00:53:42.000+0100}, author = {Linnebo, Øystein}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2aa835a33244501709c0cf89718da69cc/chb}, interhash = {e3d4b024009259a8f15a2b9ec9cfd716}, intrahash = {aa835a33244501709c0cf89718da69cc}, journal = {Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society}, keywords = {abstraction abstractionism neofregeanism}, number = 1, pages = {45--71}, timestamp = {2012-12-10T16:56:20.000+0100}, title = {Reference by Abstraction}, volume = 112, year = 2011 }