Proper Names: A Millian Account

Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press (2017)
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Stefano Predelli defends a semantics of proper names which has simplicity and common sense in its favour: proper names are non-indexical devices of rigid and direct reference. He grounds this view in accounts of the shape and form of names, and of their introduction within language use, and he responds to widespread misconceptions and objections.

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Stefano Predelli
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