Sameness of Word

Miller, J.T.M.

Abstract

Although the metaphysics of words remains a relatively understudied domain, one of the more discussed topics has been the question of how to account for the apparent sameness of words. Put one way, the question concerns what it is that makes two word- instances (or tokens) instances of the same word. In this paper, I argue that the existing solutions to the problems all fail as they take the problem of sameness of word to be a problem about how one object relates to another. I propose an alternative solution to the problem of sameness of word which is instead focused on the intrinsic nature of the properties possessed by words. The result is a more thoroughgoing version of nominalism than is currently defended in the literature.

Citation

Miller, J. (2022). Sameness of Word. European Journal of Analytic Philosophy, 18(2), Article A2. https://doi.org/10.31820/ejap.18.2.2

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 24, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Dec 17, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Jan 16, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 16, 2023
• Journal: European Journal of Analytic Philosophy
• Print ISSN: 1845-8475
• Electronic ISSN: 1849-0514
• Publisher: University of Rijeka
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Article Number: A2
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.31820/ejap.18.2.2
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1183416