Second Annual Mexican Philosophers' Conference
Eduardo Garcia-Ramirez Eduardo is a fourth-year graduate student in the Philosophy Department of the University of Michigan. He is interested in philosophy of language, mind, metaphysics and epistemology. His dissertation, ''Proper Names without Intensions'' is concerned with the theory of language, epistemology and metaphysics of Proper Names. |
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"The Nominal Theory of Empty Names" Abstract: Ordinary use of empty names encloses a variety of different phenomena. These include issues in semantics, mental content, fiction, pretense, and linguistic practice. In this paper I offer a novel accountof empty names, the nominal theory, and show how it delivers a more satisfactory account of the phenomena than the theories available in the literature. The paper concludes with a brief discussion of issues in metaphysics and psychological explanation. |
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