How did Saul Kripke dispute descriptivist theory?
Causal theory of reference
Proof by contradiction
Set theory
Bayesian reasoning
Answer
**Causal theory of reference:** Saul Kripke's causal theory of reference challenges the descriptivist theory, which asserts that proper names refer to objects based on their descriptive properties. Kripke argues that reference is fixed by causal chains connecting speakers to the original referent, established through events like baptisms or initial encounters. The causal connection, not the descriptive content, determines the object a name refers to.
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