• 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...
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  • of proper names is sometimes called onomastics or onomatology, while a rigorous analysis of the semantics of proper names is a matter for philosophy of...
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  • mental factors that take part in the rise of craving and clinging Proper name (philosophy), a cluster of propositions that in combination pick out a unique...
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    "referent"; Bedeutung) of a proper name is the object it means or indicates (bedeuten), whereas its sense (Sinn) is what the name expresses. The reference...
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  • Philosophy of language investigates the nature of language and the relations between language, language users, and the world. Investigations may include...
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  • Propensity probability Proper class Proper name (philosophy) Proper names Propertarianism Properties Property Property (philosophy) Property dualism Property...
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    Princeton University in 1970, in which he dealt with the debates of proper names in the philosophy of language. The transcript was brought out originally in 1972...
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    sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning as well) and is, when consisting of only one word, a proper noun. Other nouns...
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    The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought. It focuses on philosophy as rational inquiry based on argumentation...
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    the most popular term referring to the philosophy today is "ubuntu" (Zulu language, South Africa), the philosophy is believed to stretch back to the beginning...
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