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Ideas for 'works', 'Philosophy of Language' and 'Reference and Modality'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

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Failure of substitutivity shows that a personal name is not purely referential [Quine]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions

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Indefinite descriptions are quantificational in subject position, but not in predicate position [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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Recognising the definite description 'the man' as a quantifier phrase, not a singular term, is a real insight [Soames]