Acts of Reference: An Essay on the Rational Powers of Proper Names

Proper names;semantics;Philosophy

Goldberg, Nicholas H.Gross, Steven ;

Johns Hopkins University

关键词: Proper names;    semantics;    Philosophy;   

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瑞士|英语

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【 摘 要 】

My topic is the way we entertain and express thoughts about the particular items we know by proper name. A major goal is to escape teetering between the unsatisfying extremes of Millianism and Descriptivism that continue to define and devil the debate.I recommend a way out of this oscillation by placing proper names within the wider context of intentional acts of utterance. That is, I consider the consequences for this aspect of the theory of meaning and the theory of reference of language use as a form of rational action.