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Names, and what they are names of

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Greg Carlson
Greg Carlson
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 carlson@ling.rochester.edu
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Abstract

Terms designating substances and kinds function grammatically much like proper names of individuals. This supports Ruth Millikan's theory, but it also poses the question of how we can understand the reference of kind terms when the ontological status of the kind term is uncertain or disputed.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 1998 , pp. 69 - 70
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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