A Reply to Haze’s Argument Against Arbitrary Reference

Arbitrary Reference

Two fundamental rules of reasoning are Universal Generalisation (UG) and Existential Instantiation (EI). The former is the rule that allows us, given that we stipulate that ABC is an arbitrary triangle and prove that ABC has a property p, to conclude that all triangles have p. The latter is the rule that allows us, given that there exists a continuous function, to stipulate that f is an (arbitr...

Against Them, Too: A Reply to Alward

A Kantian argument against abortion.

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Multiattribute Evaluation Reference Effects: A Reply to Barron and John

In a recent paper, Yates and Jagacinski (1979) presented evidence for what was referred to as a "reference effect" in the process by which people evaluate multiattribute alternatives. Barton and John (1980) argue that it is inappropriate to characterize the observed phenomenon as a reference effect. We wish to take this opportunity to clarify what the issues are and what the data and analyses o...

Reply to Critics of Reference and Description: The Case Against Two-Dimensionalism