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Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Plato and Cratylus
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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A name is a sort of tool [Plato]
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A name-giver might misname something, then force other names to conform to it [Plato]
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Things must be known before they are named, so it can't be the names that give us knowledge [Plato]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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Anyone who knows a thing's name also knows the thing [Plato]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms
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Singular terms refer if they make certain atomic statements true [Hale/Wright]
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