Russellians can have a no proposition view of empty names

Thomas Hodgson

doi:10.1080/0020174X.2017.1372307

Russellians can have a no proposition view of empty names

Thomas Hodgson

Philosophy

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Abstract

Russellians can have a no proposition view of empty names. I will defend this theory against the problem of meaningfulness, and show that the theory is in general well motivated. My solution to the problem of meaningfulness is that speakers’ judgements about meaningfulness are tracking grammaticality, and not propositional content.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	670-691
Journal	Inquiry
Volume	61
Issue number	7
Early online date	18 Sept 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0020174X.2017.1372307
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2018

Keywords

direct reference
empty names
propositions
Russellianism

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