Good news about the description theory of names
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22882016 |
|---|---|
| Authors | B GEURTS (Osnabrück University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 319-348 |
| Publication date | 1997-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Semantics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-5133 • E-ISSN: 1477-4593 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jos/14.4.319 |
| OpenAlex | W2126397334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 60 |
| References cited | 8 |
This is an attempt at reviving Kneale's version of the description theory of names, which says that a proper name is synonymous with a definite description of the form ‘the individual named so-and-so’. To begin with, I adduce a wide range of observations to show that names and overt definites are alike in all relevant respects. I then turn to Kripke's main objection against Kneale's proposal, and endeavour to refute it. In the remainder of the paper I elaborate on Kneale's analysis, adopting a theory of presupposition proposed by van der Sandt.
Arithmetic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Presupposition · Proper noun · Range (aeronautics) · Remainder · Computer Science · Logic, Reasoning, and Knowledge · Mathematics · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Semantic Web and Ontologies
Honorific titles are D
Counterfactual attitudes and multi-centered worlds
A problem for Predicativism not solved by Predicativism
Mixed quotation
The proprial article and the semantics of names
From Naming Verb to Copula
President and the Man on the Street
Wie anders sind Eigennamen
Pseudónimos
Semantics, cross-cultural style
On the linguistic complexity of proper names
Deferred Reference of Proper Names
Proper Names and Indexicals Trigger Rigid Presuppositions
Bare singular names and genericity
Supersloppy Readings
Indexicals and essential demonstrations
Presuppositional Indexicals
A Criterion of Literality for Names
Definite Descriptions in the Light of the Comprehension vs. Acceptance Distinction
Análisis sintáctico y semántico de construcciones denominativas
Names are not (always) predicates
The complex lives of proper names
A Hyperintensional Theory of (Empty) Names
In Defense of a Pragmatic Interpretation of Bambi Sentences
Names vs nouns
Quinean predicativism
The polysemy of proper names
Counterfactual epistemic scenarios
Being metalinguistic doesn’t make it circular
Implementing the Binding and Accommodation Theory for Anaphora Resolution and Presupposition Projection
Fictional Names in Psychologistic Semantics
Fictitious Anchors
Interpreting focus
The cross‐linguistic uses of proper names
Parenthesis and presupposition in discourse
Juxtapositional vs. possessive-like encoding in Russian specificational constructions
Frege's Puzzle is About Identity After All
The Predicative Predicament
Against Arguments from Reference
Reformulative appositions and clausal ellipsis
Non-literal uses of proper names in XYZ constructions
The inferential typology of language
Being called
Performative reference
On the supposed connection between proper names and singular thought
Russellians can solve the problem of empty names with nonsingular propositions
The metaphysical burden of Millianism
Deferred reference, meaning transfer or coercion? Toward a new principle of accounting for systematic uses of proper names
Lexical-rule predicativism about names
Names Are Predicates
Variabilism
The’ Problem for the-Predicativism
Names Are Variables
"Sense, reference, and contemporary "predicativism
Linguistic Evidence against Predicativism
On bishop sentences
What is Said, Linguistic Meaning, and Directly Referential Expressions
The Predicate View of Proper Names
Language, Thought and Reference
Pointing and reference reconsidered
| Unique citing works | 60 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,61 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |