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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Segal, Gabriel M. A.

Titel

Two Theories of Names

Ist Teil von

• Royal Institute of Philosophy supplement, 2002-03, Vol.51, p.75-93

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The aim of this paper is to assess the relative merits of two accounts of the semantics of proper names. The enterprise is of particular interest because the theories are very similar in fundamental respects. In particular, they can agree on three major features of names: names are rigid designators; different co-extensive names can have different cognitive significance; empty proper names can be meaningful. Neither theory by itself offers complete explanations of all three features. But each theory is consistent with them and goes some way towards explaining them.