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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

16216	Part of the sense of a proper name is a criterion of the thing's identity [Hawley]
	Full Idea: A Fregean dictum is that part of the sense of proper name is a criterion of identity for the thing in question.
	From: Katherine Hawley (How Things Persist [2001], 3.8)
	A reaction: [She quotes Dummett 1981:545] We are asked to choose between this and the Kripke rigid/dubbing/causal account, with effectively no content.