Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Plotinus, Michael Jubien and Saul A. Kripke

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
10437 Names are rigid, making them unlike definite descriptions [Kripke, by Sainsbury]
4949 Names are rigid designators, which designate the same object in all possible worlds [Kripke]
13402 We only grasp a name if we know whether to apply it when the bearer changes [Jubien]
13405 The baptiser picks the bearer of a name, but social use decides the category [Jubien]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
4951 A bundle of qualities is a collection of abstractions, so it can't be a particular [Kripke]
17031 A name can still refer even if it satisfies none of its well-known descriptions [Kripke]
9175 We may fix the reference of 'Cicero' by a description, but thereafter the name is rigid [Kripke]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
8957 Some references, such as 'Neptune', have to be fixed by description rather than baptism [Kripke, by Szabó]
10428 Proper names must have referents, because they are not descriptive [Kripke, by Sainsbury]
4959 A name's reference is not fixed by any marks or properties of the referent [Kripke]
13399 Examples show that ordinary proper names are not rigid designators [Jubien]
16982 A man has two names if the historical chains are different - even if they are the same! [Kripke]
9171 The function of names is simply to refer [Kripke]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
13398 We could make a contingent description into a rigid and necessary one by adding 'actual' to it [Jubien]