Add to ORKGThis book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a widely held view -- or whether referring to an individual is simply a contingent feature. Three questions need resolving, then. First, whether all names in particular contexts are themselves referring devices. Second, whether recognizing names types and the consequent issue of their ambiguity can be resolved simply by distinguishing between name types and tokens thereof. Last, whether names are ever referential in the way Kripke and others have convincingly argued. The answer to first two questions is negative. The answer to third is a qualified "yes." I explain the theory that allows for these answers in the manuscript, as well as addressin...
A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtu...
A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtu...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s-1980s...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
Empty names vary in their referential features. Some of them, as Kripke argues, are necessarily empt...
Empty names vary in their referential features. Some of them, as Kripke argues, are necessarily empt...
Empty names vary in their referential features. Some of them, as Kripke argues, are necessarily empt...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s–1980s...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s–1980s...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s-1980s...
How does a proper name refer to a particular object? This is the problem that theories of reference ...
A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtu...
A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtu...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s-1980s...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
Empty names vary in their referential features. Some of them, as Kripke argues, are necessarily empt...
Empty names vary in their referential features. Some of them, as Kripke argues, are necessarily empt...
Empty names vary in their referential features. Some of them, as Kripke argues, are necessarily empt...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s–1980s...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s–1980s...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s-1980s...
How does a proper name refer to a particular object? This is the problem that theories of reference ...
A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtu...
A standard view of reference holds that a speaker's use of a name refers to a certain thing in virtu...
It is fairly widely accepted that Saul Kripke, Keith Donnellan, and others showed in the 1960s-1980s...