Ideas from 'Empty Names' by Sarah Sawyer [2012], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Routledge Companion to Phil of Language' (ed/tr Russell/Graff Faria) [Routledge 2015,978-1-138-77618-0]].
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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
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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
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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
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Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false
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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
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