8 ideas
10429 | It is best to say that a name designates iff there is something for it to designate [Sainsbury] |
10425 | Definite descriptions may not be referring expressions, since they can fail to refer [Sainsbury] |
10438 | Definite descriptions are usually rigid in subject, but not in predicate, position [Sainsbury] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
10432 | A new usage of a name could arise from a mistaken baptism of nothing [Sainsbury] |
10434 | Even a quantifier like 'someone' can be used referentially [Sainsbury] |
7101 | Virtue theory needs an external standard to judge behaviour and character [Inwagen, by Statman] |
10431 | Things are thought to have a function, even when they can't perform them [Sainsbury] |