Millian Descriptivism.
In this paper, I argue against Millian Descriptivism: that is, the view that, although sentences that contain names express singular propositions, when they use those sentences speakers communicate descriptive propositions. More precisely, I argue that Millian Descriptivism fares no better (or worse...
| Publicado en: | Philosophical Studies Vol. 133; no. 2; pp. 181 - 199 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2007
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