Do Descriptivists and Kripkeans differ on love?

The Experimental Philosophy blog reports on a paper by Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury that purports to show that people's attitudes toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference.

People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

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Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

Kripkeans could be more likely to feel that love is about a specific individual and that the loved one could not be replaced by another individual with relevantly similar characteristics. In contrast, descriptivists could be more likely to feel that love is about an individual with specific characteristics, and that the loved one could be replaced with a relevantly similar individual.

In fact, this is exactly what Christopher Grau and Cynthia Pury report in an exciting new paper (forthcoming in the Review of Philosophy and Psychology)! People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf

People's attitude toward love correlates with their intuitions about reference!

Read the paper there.

- See more at: http://philosophycommons.typepad.com/xphi/2013/08/reference-love-and-kripke.html#sthash.QzvG4bgg.dpuf