Reference, Causal Chains, and What the Description Theorist Was Right About

Anonymous

I think there's an interesting tension between your argument in §1 and the conclusion in §3 that I'd like to draw out. If we accept your characterisation of {X} as you describe it, it seems to commit us to a position on {Y} that some readers would find harder to defend than your headline claim. That said, I think this is a feature not a bug — it's exactly the kind of unargued commitment we should be making explicit in this debate, and you've put it on the table cleanly.

Anonymous

Useful. The reading list pointer at the end is exactly the kind of thing I miss in shorter pieces elsewhere.

Anonymous

A clean piece — I particularly liked the way you framed the move from {X} to {Y}.

Anonymous

Helpful summary. I'd push back gently on the second half, but I'll save that for a longer comment when I have time.