This is philosophy bites with me, Nigel.
Warburton, and me, David Edmonds.
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Who is Nigel Warburton?
How would you describe him?
Well, he's the main interviewer, philosophy bites.
But what if actually I'm the main interviewer and cunningly disguise my voice to confuse you?
Would the name Nigel Warburton then refer to the person currently known as David Edmonds?
Confused?
Here's the person known as Michael Devitt on names, reference and experiments.
Michael Devitt, welcome to philosophy Bites.
Thank you for having me.
The topic we're going to focus on is experimental semantics.
What is experimental semantics?
Well, experimental semantics is concerned with the experimental testing of theories of reference.
So it's not really about semantics, which I understand to be all about meaning.
It's about what words refer to.
Well, at least it's about reference.