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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

14650	Maybe proper names involve essentialism [Plantinga]
	Full Idea: Perhaps the notion of a proper name itself involves essentialism.
	From: Alvin Plantinga (De Re and De Dicto [1969], p.43)
	A reaction: This is just before Kripke's announcement of 'rigid designation', which seems to have relaunched modern essentialism. The thought is that you can't name something, if you don't have a stable notion of what is (and isn't) being named.