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references sa-sz
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names as abbreviations for descriptions
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rules
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analytic truth
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names independent of objects
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problems with analytic truth
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object and value equivalence
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proper names
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using a description as a name
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denoting phrases and definite descriptions
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meaning vs. reference
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meaning without reference
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necessary truth
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names as rigid designators
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names defined by context
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separate a module's interface specification from its implementation

Reference

Searle, J.R., "Proper names", Mind, 67, pp. 166-173, 1958. Google

Other Reference

p. 273-277 in Martinich, A.P. (ed), The Philosophy of Language, 2nd edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.

Quotations
Higg. ;;Note: shared senses can be contradictory but private senses don't agree and chain of references can be broken; is a name simply an abbreviation?
273 ;;Quote: analytic statements are true by virtue of linguistic rules alone, without recourse to empirical investigation
273 ;;Quote: that a mark refers to the same object on two occasions is a convenient but contingent usage; e.g., a language in which "x=y" is analytic
Higg. ;;Note: "Cicero = Tully" informs people about a language; e.g., merge if names are clusters of characteristics
274 ;;Quote: the initial identification of an object is by description; so a name can't have a reference without a sense
275 ;;Quote: for proper names, sense is necessary but reference is contingent; they look like shorthand or a vague description
275+;;Quote: we say Zeus never existed to mean that certain kinds (descriptions) of objects never existed with that name
275 ;;Quote: a proper name refers without presupposing a context; demonstratives and singular, referring expressions assume a context
276 ;;Quote: a proper name presupposes the truth of unspecified, uniquely referring descriptive statements
276+;;Quote: sense supplies the means by which a name is recognized as the thing referred to
276 ;;Quote: proper names refer publicly to objects without having to agree on what description identifies an object
276+;;Quote: proper names are pegs on which to hang descriptions
276+;;Quote: proper names isolate the referring function from the describing function of language
277 ;;Quote: it is necessary that Aristotle has at least some of the properties ascribed to him
277 ;;Quote: proper names are logically connected with descriptions but they are not used to describe; so proper names sort of have a sense


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