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Ideas for Alfred Tarski, Richard G. Heck and Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
A name denotes an object if the object satisfies a particular sentential function [Tarski]
     Full Idea: To say that the name x denotes a given object a is the same as to stipulate that the object a ... satisfies a sentential function of a particular type.
     From: Alfred Tarski (The Concept of Truth for Formalized Languages [1933], p.194)