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'Intro to Naming,Necessity and Natural Kinds', 'Empty Names' and 'Event Causation: counterfactual analysis'
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP]
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The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
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Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]
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Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]
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