• Intuitions in Philosophical Semantics 

      Cohnitz, Daniel; Haukioja, Jussi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      We argue that the term “intuition”, as it is used in metaphilosophy, is ambiguous between at least four different senses. In philosophy of language, the relevant “intuitions” are either the outputs of our competence to ...
    • Meta-Externalism vs Meta-Internalism in The Study of Reference 

      Haukioja, Jussi; Cohnitz, Daniel (Journal article, 2013)
      We distinguish and discuss two different accounts of the subject matter of theories of reference, meta-externalism and meta-internalism. We argue that a form of the meta-internalist view, “moderate meta-internalism”, is ...
    • Reference and Intuitions 

      Cohnitz, Daniel; Haukioja, Jussi (Chapter, 2021)
      Our intuitions about reference are often seen to be a crucial source of evidence for theories of reference. This chapter contrasts two views about the relationship between individual competence and facts about reference. ...
    • Variation in Natural Kind Concepts 

      Cohnitz, Daniel; Haukioja, Jussi (Chapter, 2020)
      Since Kripke's and Putnam's work in the 1970's, most philosophers have assumed that our natural kind concepts are externally individuated. However, both psychologists and philosophers have questioned this assumption, partly ...