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Single Idea 10786

[from 'Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers' by Ruth Barcan Marcus, in 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names ]

Full Idea

The tendency has been to call any expression a 'name', however distant from the grammatical category of nouns, provided it is seen as referring.

Gist of Idea

Anything which refers tends to be called a 'name', even if it isn't a noun

Source

Ruth Barcan Marcus (Nominalism and Substitutional Quantifiers [1978], p.162)

Book Reference

'Philosophy of Logic: an anthology', ed/tr. Jacquette,Dale [Blackwell 2002], p.162