Singular terms and arithmetical logicism

Philosophical Books 44 (3):193--219 (2003)
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This article is a critical notice of Bob Hale and Crispin Wright's *The Reason's Proper Study* (OUP). It focuses particularly on their attempts (crucial to their neo-logicist project) to say what a singular term is. I identify problems for their account but include some constructive suggestions about how it might be improved.

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10.1111/1468-0149.00300_1

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