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Single Idea 15159

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential]

Full Idea

Russell defined a logically proper name to be one the meaning of which is its referent. However, his internalist epistemology led him to deny that the words we ordinarily call names are logically proper.

Gist of Idea

The meaning of a logically proper name is its referent, but most names are not logically proper

Source

report of Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by Scott Soames - Philosophy of Language 1.25

Book Reference

Soames,Scott: 'Philosophy of Language' [Princeton 2010], p.29