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Quote: the causal chain of communication for naming is simply an external view of names that are known via others
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causal theory of names
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names as abbreviations for descriptions
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From the point of view of the descriptivist … [of proper names] amounts to is the following: the "causal chain of communication" … [The descriptivist theory is primary because a causal chain does not guarantee a fixed reference, e.g., the Madagascar example, while a constant description does] Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: names as description is primary over the causal theory because only the former guarantees a fixed reference
Topic: causal theory of names (21 items)
Topic: names as abbreviations for descriptions (35 items)