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Frederick Kroon
Researcher at University of Auckland
Publications - 48
Citations - 276
Frederick Kroon is an academic researcher from University of Auckland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fictionalism & Argument. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 44 publications receiving 255 citations.
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Theoretical terms and the causal view of reference
TL;DR: In this article, a critique de la theorie causale de la reference, en particulier sur le cas des termes theoriques, is presented. And, en ce qui concerne d'abord les termes theoryiques, la remplace par le principe de the "surdetermination de la relation par la theories" (s'inspirant en partie de T S Kuhn, il prend l'exemple du phlogistique, donne l'expérence de TS Kuhn).
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Beyond Rigidity: The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity
TL;DR: Soames, Beyond Rigidity: The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002, pp ix + 379, US$4995 (cloth), US$2750 (paper) as discussed by the authors.
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Make-Believe and Fictional Reference
TL;DR: In this article, the modal realist view is challenged by a sentence like: (3) Holmes is much cleverer than Poirot, and similarly for the other words.
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Post-mortem sperm retrieval in Australasia
TL;DR: Post‐mortem Sperm Retrieval (PMSR) is seldom requested in Australasia and clear, accessible and consistent law in this area would benefit medical, legal and societal stakeholders.
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Quantified negative existentials
TL;DR: In this paper, the author suggests that quantified negative existentials about fiction - statements of the form There are some / many / etc. Fs in work W who don't exist - offer a serious challenge to the theorist of fiction.