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Millian descriptivism defended.

I reply to the argument of Caplan (Philos Stud 133:181–198, ) against the conjunction of Millianism with the view that utterances of sentences involving names often pragmatically convey descriptively enriched propositions.

Published in:Philosophical Studies Vol. 149; no. 2; pp. 201 - 209
Main Author: Speaks, Jeff
Format: Article
Published: Springer Nature Jun2010
Subjects:
Epithets
Pragmatics
Conjunctions (Grammar)
Sentences (Grammar)
Names
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Summary:I reply to the argument of Caplan (Philos Stud 133:181–198, ) against the conjunction of Millianism with the view that utterances of sentences involving names often pragmatically convey descriptively enriched propositions.