<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
</head>
<!-- Network content -->
<body style="background-color: #ffffff;">
<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStartT|**|-~-->
<div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="width:655px; position:relative;">
<div id="ygrp-msg" style="width: 490px; padding: 0 15px 0 0; float:left; z-index:1;">
<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEndT|**|-~-->
<div id="ygrp-text">
<p>Cher-e-s collegues,<br>
<br>
Dans le cadre du séminaire sur la référence (IHPST) nous avons le<br>
plaisir d'annoncer une séance speciale, exceptionellement le jeudi, animé par<br>
Alex Oliver (University of Cambridge)<br>
<br>
Thursday, June 28, 2007<br>
11-13<br>
IHPST<br>
13 rue du Four<br>
75006 Paris<br>
<br>
What is plural reference?<br>
<br>
In this talk, I will start by articulating and defending the notion of a<br>
plural term. Terms may be classified according to the number of things they<br>
can refer to. A singular term cannot refer to more than one thing, a plural<br>
term can. Examples of plural terms are: 'Discovery Rocks', 'the prime<br>
numbers', 'Henry VIII's wives', '2 and -2'.<br>
<br>
About a singular term it can be asked whether or not it refers. But about a<br>
plural term that refers to several things, it can also be asked how it<br>
refers to these things. Different writers on plural logic give different<br>
answers. A minority claim that plural reference is distributive. They say<br>
that e.g. 'Tom, Dick and Harry' refers to Tom, refers to Dick, refers to<br>
Harry, and refers to Tom, Dick and Harry (not to mention the intermediate<br>
pairs: Tom and Dick, etc). On the other side, a majority argue that plural<br>
reference must be collective, not distributive. They say that 'Tom, Dick<br>
and Harry' refers to Tom, Dick and Harry, and that's it.<br>
<br>
I examine the arguments for collective as opposed to distributive plural<br>
reference. In one way or another, they turn on the idea that only<br>
collective reference allows us to capture the truth-conditions of plural<br>
predications. I will show that the arguments all fail. In doing so, I will<br>
need to discuss different kinds of metalinguistic plural description of the<br>
form 'the things that the term P refers to', as well as the corresponding<br>
free relatives ('what the term P refers to').<br>
<br>
The moral of the talk is that plural terms exhibit a new kind of<br>
indeterminacy of reference. The indeterminacy does not concern the worldly<br>
referents of such terms, but rather the manner in which they refer.<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Friederike Moltmann<br>
Directrice de recherche<br>
Chaire d'Excellence 'Ontological Structure and Semantic Structure'<br>
Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences<br>
et des Techniques (IHPST)<br>
13 rue du Four<br>
75006 Paris, France<br>
<br>
<a href="http://semantics.univ-paris1.fr">http://semantics.<wbr>univ-paris1.<wbr>fr</a><br>
<br>
-- <br>
Ce message a ete verifie par MailScanner<br>
pour des virus ou des polluriels et rien de<br>
suspect n'a ete trouve.<br>
<br>
</p>
</div>
<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~-->
<span width="1" style="color: white;">__._,_.___</span>
<!-- Start the section with Message In topic -->
<div id="ygrp-actbar">
<span class="left">
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/message/1664;_ylc=X3oDMTM0YWZlNGRwBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BG1zZ0lkAzE2NjQEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMTgyNDA5ODAyBHRwY0lkAzE2NjQ-">
Toute la discussion </a> (<span class="bld">1</span>)
</span>
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJwaXMzNDc4BF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BG1zZ0lkAzE2NjQEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDcnBseQRzdGltZQMxMTgyNDA5ODAy?act=reply&messageNum=1664">
<span class="bld">
Répondre </span> (en mode Web)
</a> |
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlNTk4dTZlBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--" class="bld">
Nouvelle discussion </a>
</div>
<!------- Start Nav Bar ------>
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<div id="ygrp-vitnav">
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/messages;_ylc=X3oDMTJlc2libHIwBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA21zZ3MEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--">Messages</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcG1qcG84BF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2ZpbGVzBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-">Fichiers</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/photos;_ylc=X3oDMTJlZGxuNXNoBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3Bob3QEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--">Photos</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/links;_ylc=X3oDMTJmYmxvNTZxBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2xpbmtzBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-">Liens</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/database;_ylc=X3oDMTJjajFvMmlwBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2RiBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-">Base de données</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/polls;_ylc=X3oDMTJmZmFiNzNuBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3BvbGxzBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-">Sondages</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJlaGh2dGUzBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA21icnMEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--">Membres</a>
| <a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/calendar;_ylc=X3oDMTJkNTc1N2QxBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2NhbARzdGltZQMxMTgyNDA5ODAy">Agenda</a>
</div>
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<!-- Do not have place to put it yet -->
<div id="ygrp-grft">
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
Pour se desinscire, envoyer un mel à parislinguists-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com<BR>
Pour s'inscrire, envoyer un mel à parislinguists-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
<!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
</div>
<!-- yahoo logo -->
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<div id="ygrp-ft">
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkMXBoaWZhBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMTgyNDA5ODAy">
<img src="http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/fr/yg/ygcal.gif" height="19" width="114" border="0" alt="Yahoo! Groupes"></a> <br>
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMW5mNnZyBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3N0bmdzBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-">Modifier vos options par le Web</a> ((Compte Yahoo! requis) <br>
Modifier vos options par mail : <a href="mailto:parislinguists-digest@yahoogroupes.fr?subject=Envoi de mails : Sélection">Activer l’envoi groupé</a> | <a href = "mailto:parislinguists-traditional@yahoogroupes.fr?subject=Activer le format: Traditionnel">Activer le format Traditionnel</a> <br>
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists;_ylc=X3oDMTJkaG52N2U5BF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2hwZgRzdGltZQMxMTgyNDA5ODAy">
Aller sur votre groupe
</a> |
<a href="http://fr.docs.yahoo.com/info/utos.html">
Conditions d’utilisation de Yahoo! Groupes </a> |
<a href="mailto:parislinguists-desabonnement@yahoogroupes.fr?subject=">
Désinscription </a>
</div> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
</div> <!-- ygrp-msg -->
<!-- Sponsor -->
<!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| -->
<div id="ygrp-sponsor" style="width:140px;float: left; clear: none; margin-left: 5px; background:white; margin-bottom:25px ;position:absolute; top:0; right: 0;">
<!-- Network content -->
<!-- Start vitality -->
<div id="ygrp-vital">
<div id="vithd">Activités récentes</div>
<ul style="list-style-type:none; padding: 0; margin: 2px 0;">
<li style="clear: both;">
<div class="ct" style="float: right;"><span style="display:none"> </span>3</div>
<div class="cat"><a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJmMmUxaHF2BF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZtYnJzBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-">Nouveaux membres</a></div>
</li>
</ul>
<a href="http://fr.groups.yahoo.com/group/parislinguists;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcTl0NGs3BF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BGdycElkAzMxNDkxMjQEZ3Jwc3BJZAMyMTIzODEyNTI4BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--">
Aller sur votre groupe </a>
</div>
<!-- Network content -->
<div id="nc">
<div class="ad">
<div id="hd1">Yahoo! 360º</div>
<p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJrNGIyazZlBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BF9wAzEEZ3JwSWQDMzE0OTEyNARncnBzcElkAzIxMjM4MTI1MjgEc2VjA25jbW9kBHNsawMzNjAEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--;_ylg=1/SIG=120i89lsb/**http%3A//fr.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44791/*http%3A//fr.360.yahoo.com">Partagez l'essentiel</a></p>
<p>Blog et photos avec</p>
<p>vos proches.</p>
</div>
<div class="ad">
<div id="hd1">Yahoo! Groupes</div>
<p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJuaml2c21zBF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BF9wAzIEZ3JwSWQDMzE0OTEyNARncnBzcElkAzIxMjM4MTI1MjgEc2VjA25jbW9kBHNsawNncm91cHMEc3RpbWUDMTE4MjQwOTgwMg--;_ylg=1/SIG=1239gto63/**http%3A//fr.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44790/*http%3A//fr.groups.yahoo.com">Créez votre groupe</a></p>
<p>Partagez vos goûts</p>
<p>avec les autres.</p>
</div>
<div class="ad">
<div id="hd1">Y! Toolbar</div>
<p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylc=X3oDMTJvOGUybmk2BF9TAzk3NDkwNDY4BF9wAzMEZ3JwSWQDMzE0OTEyNARncnBzcElkAzIxMjM4MTI1MjgEc2VjA25jbW9kBHNsawN0b29sYmFyBHN0aW1lAzExODI0MDk4MDI-;_ylg=1/SIG=1243ka2s1/**http%3A//fr.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44789/*http%3A//fr.toolbar.yahoo.com">100% gratuit !</a></p>
<p>En 1 clic, accédez</p>
<p>à vos groupes.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| -->
<div style="clear:both; color: #FFF; font-size:1px;">.</div>
</div> <img src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97490468/grpId=3149124/grpspId=2123812528/msgId=1664/stime=1182409802/nc1=1/nc2=2/nc3=3" width="1" height="1"> <br>
<span style="color: white;">__,_._,___</span>
<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEnd|**|-~-->
</body>
<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlStart|**|-~-->
<head>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
#ygrp-mlmsg {font-size:13px; font-family: arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;*font-size:small;*font:x-small;}
#ygrp-mlmsg table {font-size:inherit;font:100%;}
#ygrp-mlmsg select, input, textarea {font:99% arial,helvetica,clean,sans-serif;}
#ygrp-mlmsg pre, code {font:115% monospace;*font-size:100%;}
#ygrp-mlmsg * {line-height:1.22em;}
#ygrp-text{
font-family: Georgia;
}
#ygrp-text p{
margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}
#ygrp-tpmsgs{
font-family: Arial;
clear: both;
}
#ygrp-vitnav{
padding-top: 10px;
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 77%;
margin: 0;
}
#ygrp-vitnav a{
padding: 0 1px;
}
#ygrp-actbar{
clear: both;
margin: 25px 0;
white-space:nowrap;
color: #666;
text-align: right;
}
#ygrp-actbar .left{
float: left;
white-space:nowrap;
}
.bld{font-weight:bold;}
#ygrp-grft{
font-family: Verdana;
font-size: 77%;
padding: 15px 0;
}
#ygrp-ft{
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 77%;
border-top: 1px solid #666;
padding: 5px 0;
}
#ygrp-mlmsg #logo{
padding-bottom: 10px;
}
#ygrp-vital{
background-color: #e0ecee;
margin-bottom: 20px;
padding: 2px 0 8px 8px;
}
#ygrp-vital #vithd{
font-size: 77%;
font-family: Verdana;
font-weight: bold;
color: #333;
text-transform: uppercase;
}
#ygrp-vital ul{
padding: 0;
margin: 2px 0;
}
#ygrp-vital ul li{
list-style-type: none;
clear: both;
border: 1px solid #e0ecee;
}
#ygrp-vital ul li .ct{
font-weight: bold;
color: #ff7900;
float: right;
width: 2em;
text-align:right;
padding-right: .5em;
}
#ygrp-vital ul li .cat{
font-weight: bold;
}
#ygrp-vital a {
text-decoration: none;
}
#ygrp-vital a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}
#ygrp-sponsor #hd{
color: #999;
font-size: 77%;
}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov{
padding: 6px 13px;
background-color: #e0ecee;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov ul{
padding: 0 0 0 8px;
margin: 0;
}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov li{
list-style-type: square;
padding: 6px 0;
font-size: 77%;
}
#ygrp-sponsor #ov li a{
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 130%;
}
#ygrp-sponsor #nc {
background-color: #eee;
margin-bottom: 20px;
padding: 0 8px;
}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad{
padding: 8px 0;
}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad #hd1{
font-family: Arial;
font-weight: bold;
color: #628c2a;
font-size: 100%;
line-height: 122%;
}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad a{
text-decoration: none;
}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad a:hover{
text-decoration: underline;
}
#ygrp-sponsor .ad p{
margin: 0;
}
o {font-size: 0; }
.MsoNormal {
margin: 0 0 0 0;
}
#ygrp-text tt{
font-size: 120%;
}
blockquote{margin: 0 0 0 4px;}
.replbq {margin:4}
-->
</style>
</head>
<!--~-|**|PrettyHtmlEnd|**|-~-->
</html><!--End group email -->