Blar i Institutt for språk og litteratur på forfatter "Islam, Farjana"
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Kripkeans of the world, unite!
Islam, Farjana; Baggio, Giosuè (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper revisits a study by Machery et al. (2004), suggesting that, in experimental versions of Kripke’s (1980) fictional cases on the use of proper names, Westerners are more likely than East Asian participants to show ... -
Logical semantics in a cross-cultural perspective - A Study of Intuitions about Reference in First-Generation Immigrants and Resident Populations
Islam, Farjana (Master thesis, 2017-05)Theories of reference in analytic philosophy are often constructed and tested by consulting one’s own intuitions about the reference of terms in hypothetical situations. The reference of proper names has been a key area ...