Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Aeschylus, Jacques Derrida and Sarah Sawyer
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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Names have a subjective aspect, especially the role of our own name [Derrida]
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'I' is the perfect name, because it denotes without description [Derrida]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]
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Even Kripke can't explain names; the word is the thing, and the thing is the word [Derrida]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
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Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]
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Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]
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