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

4139	Naming is a preparation for description [Wittgenstein]
	Full Idea: Naming is a preparation for description.
	From: Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §049)
	A reaction: Something has to be the starting point for a description. And yet a description could turn out to be an elaborate name.

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

4946	A name is not determined by a description, but by a cluster or family [Wittgenstein, by Kripke]
	Full Idea: According to Wittgenstein (and Searle) the referent of a name is determined not by a single description but by some cluster or family.
	From: report of Ludwig Wittgenstein (Philosophical Investigations [1952], §079) by Saul A. Kripke - Naming and Necessity lectures Lecture 1
	A reaction: It is because of this characteristically woolly, indeterminate and relativist view of Wittgenstein that I (and most people) find Kripke's notion of a 'baptism' so refreshing. It cuts throught the fog of language, and connects to reality.