Proper nouns between semantics and epistemology in Russell
This paper is intended as a critical exposition of Russell’s theory of singular terms. In his texts about the semantics of proper names Russell defends a mixted form of descritivism (proper names express or abbreviate definite descriptions). Unfortunately these texts are extremely imprecise. My main...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Manuscrito (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8643561 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/manuscrito/article/view/8643561 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Russell Singular terms Semantics Epistemology Termos singulares Semânticas Epistemologia |
| Sumario: | This paper is intended as a critical exposition of Russell’s theory of singular terms. In his texts about the semantics of proper names Russell defends a mixted form of descritivism (proper names express or abbreviate definite descriptions). Unfortunately these texts are extremely imprecise. My main criticism aims Russell’s confusion (or, at least, fusion) between semantical and epistemological issues. |
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