Proper name (philosophy)
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Proper name (philosophy)
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In the philosophy of language, a proper name – examples include a name of a specific person or place – is a name which ordinarily is taken to uniquely identify its referent in the world. As such it presents particular challenges for theories of meaning, and it has become a central problem in analytic philosophy. The common-sense view was originally formulated by John Stuart Mill in A System of Logic (1843), where he defines it as "a word that answers the purpose of showing what thing it is that
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Name which is taken to uniquely identify its referent in the world
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2024-01-06T05:18:48Z
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