Single Idea 16216

[catalogued under 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive]

Full Idea

A Fregean dictum is that part of the sense of proper name is a criterion of identity for the thing in question.

Gist of Idea

Part of the sense of a proper name is a criterion of the thing's identity

Source

Katherine Hawley (How Things Persist [2001], 3.8)

Book Reference

Hawley,Katherine: 'How Things Persist' [OUP 2004], p.97

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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.