Note: descriptivism--a singular term is synonymous with a descriptive phrase that fixes its reference; its sense is its descriptive content

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1) Singular terms [e.g., 'the book' or 'Aristotle'] are standardly [i.e., if one speaks carefully] synonymous with descriptive phrases. 2) The associated descriptive phrase fixes … [so 'sense' is the descriptive content of a word. e.g., Aristotle -> the teacher of Alexander -> the actual person]   Google-1   Google-2

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