Empty Proper Names: Semantic and Epistemological Issues

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Název česky Prázdná vlastníjména: sémantické a epistemologické problémy
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RACLAVSKÝ Jiří ZOUHAR Marián

Rok publikování 2009
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Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

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Popis Millianism is a semantic theory investigating reference-based meaning. Since proper names contribute just their referents to the propositions expressed, empty names pose problems for this approach. The paper suggests that Millianism has to admit that empty names are meaningless. So, empty names semantically differ from non-empty ones. However, Millianism may admit that, in communication, empty names and non-empty ones behave similarly. We argue that proper names, including empty ones, prompt one to create mental surrogates for individuals, if any, they are supposed to represent. The mental surrogates are called pure individuators because they identify individuals in a non-qualitative manner and distinguish objects from each other as merely numerically distinct. Pure individuators serve also as grounds for gathering information about individuals represented by them. We investigate how pure individuators work and guide our communication.
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