Add to ORKGIn “Public Proper names and Idiolectical Identifying Descriptions”, Glezakos (2009) puts forward a theory concerning the role of identifying descriptions in the theory of names. Her main claim is that such identifying descriptions serve to individuate names, i.e. to make it the case that a given linguistic act containing a name N contains N, and not some phonetically/orthographically equivalent name. In this paper, I will claim that, while a lot of what Glezakos has to say about the role of descriptions is probably correct, such descriptive conditions are not needed to solve the individuation problem.Keywords: Individuation, Causal Theory, Referenc
In both linguistics and philosophy, proper names have sometimes posed a perplexing problem, as prope...
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This paper argues for a hybrid and alternative theory of names—Sociohistorical Causal Descriptivism,...
CITATION: Smith, J. P. 2014. A note on name individuation and identifying descriptions. Stellenbosch...
How does a proper name refer to a particular object? This is the problem that theories of reference ...
Some of the fundamental lessons of the so-called revolution against descriptivism that occurred in t...
[EN]This work will focus on some aspects of descriptive names. The New Theory of Reference, in line...
This paper develops a radical alternative to standard accounts of descriptive names. A ‘descriptive ...
The fact that names refer to individuals is a basic assumption of referentialist theories of proper ...
According to theories of rigid designation and direct reference, proper names refer without interven...
A theory of descriptive names is developed and defended against several objections. Descriptive name...
In this paper I present a way of formally representing proper names in accordance with a descriptio...
This work will focus on some aspects of descriptive names. The New Theory of Reference, in line with...
E. Machery, R. Mallon, S. Nichols and S. Stich, have argued that there is empirical evidence against...
The orthodox view of proper names, Millianism, provides a very simple and elegant explanation of the...
In both linguistics and philosophy, proper names have sometimes posed a perplexing problem, as prope...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This paper argues for a hybrid and alternative theory of names—Sociohistorical Causal Descriptivism,...
CITATION: Smith, J. P. 2014. A note on name individuation and identifying descriptions. Stellenbosch...
How does a proper name refer to a particular object? This is the problem that theories of reference ...
Some of the fundamental lessons of the so-called revolution against descriptivism that occurred in t...
[EN]This work will focus on some aspects of descriptive names. The New Theory of Reference, in line...
This paper develops a radical alternative to standard accounts of descriptive names. A ‘descriptive ...
The fact that names refer to individuals is a basic assumption of referentialist theories of proper ...
According to theories of rigid designation and direct reference, proper names refer without interven...
A theory of descriptive names is developed and defended against several objections. Descriptive name...
In this paper I present a way of formally representing proper names in accordance with a descriptio...
This work will focus on some aspects of descriptive names. The New Theory of Reference, in line with...
E. Machery, R. Mallon, S. Nichols and S. Stich, have argued that there is empirical evidence against...
The orthodox view of proper names, Millianism, provides a very simple and elegant explanation of the...
In both linguistics and philosophy, proper names have sometimes posed a perplexing problem, as prope...
This book is about whether reference to an individual is the essential feature of a proper name -- a...
This paper argues for a hybrid and alternative theory of names—Sociohistorical Causal Descriptivism,...