While the predicate view of proper names is popular among linguists, it not unanimous. This paper contributes to discussion by considering some linguistic data exemplified phrases such as “Operation Valkyrie” and Desert Storm”. These examples bring clues about structure phrasesthat help us understand procedure involved in naming individuals. One gap between first constituent (“operation”) secon...

Abstract There are some names which cannot be spoken and others written, at least on certain very natural ways of conceiving them. Interestingly, this observation proves to in tension with a wide range views about what are. Prima facie , looks like problem for predicativists. Ultima it turns out equally problematic Millians. For either sort theorist, resolving requires embracing revisionary acc...