Words Without Intentions

A commonly held position in the literature on the metaphysics of words holds that intentions are either jointly or independently necessary or sufficient for the tokening of a word. In this paper, using a modified version of an example case created by Pavese and Radulescu (2023), I propose a counterexample in which there is no intention to token a specific word, but a word is still successfully uttered.

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Croatian Journal of Philosophy
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2025-12-01
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https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.25.74.8
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Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Words Without Intentions

J. T. M. Miller
Croatian Journal of Philosophy
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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Words Without Intentions

J. T. M. Miller
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Abstract

A commonly held position in the literature on the metaphysics of words holds that intentions are either jointly or independently necessary or sufficient for the tokening of a word. In this paper, using a modified version of an example case created by Pavese and Radulescu (2023), I propose a counterexample in which there is no intention to token a specific word, but a word is still successfully uttered.

Croatian Journal of PhilosophyVol. 25(74)
Durham University (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 60%
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
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