Existence and Knowledge

Existence and Knowledge

Semantic of Proper Names

Document Type : Research Article

Author
Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
The semantic of proper names is one of irnprtant issues in philosophy of logic.In this article I have examined some most famous theories on this subject and evaluvated Mill's, Frege's , Russell's and Kripke's theory.Although I have almost favoured Kripke's opinion, but I think it is insufficient for making clear logical role of proper name.So by revising it and adding some condition,I have tried to defend the view that when proper name designates its referent some descriptions should be considered; those descriptions don't give the sense of proper name, but user thinks , rightly or wrongly, that they fix its referent. This analysis,of course,contains some pragmatical ingredient and is not purely semantical.
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