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...

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Publicado en:Philosophical Studies Vol. 133; no. 2; pp. 181 - 199
Autor principal: Caplan, Ben
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2007
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