The Reference of Proper Names: Testing Usage and Intuitions
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direct reference theory and the substitutivity of co-referent proper names in propositional attitude sentences
inadequacy of descriptive theories to account for the mechanism of reference led to the emergence of the direct reference theory. this theory, however, has its own problems. if the only component of the meaning of a proper name is its referent, then how is it that the substitution of two co-referent proper names in propositional attitude sentences changes the truth value of the sentence? the pr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Science
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0364-0213
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12609