@misc{Lexicon of Arguments, title = {Quotation from: Lexicon of Arguments – Concepts - Ed. Martin Schulz, 28 Mar 2024}, author = {Cresswell,Maxwell J.}, subject = {Proper Names}, note = {I 174 Name/proper names/Cresswell: Names could also predicates! (1985a(1), 153) maybe Pedro means "is called "Pedro"". >Descriptions, >Predicates. II 44 Names/meaning/bearer/Cresswell: Problem: if the meanings of the name are the bearers, then "Quentin says that Hesperus is Phosphorus" should mean the same as "Quentin says Phosphorus is Phosphorus." (Attribution of propositional attitudes). >Propositional attitudes, >Morning star/evening star, >Identity. II 152 Name/VsDescription-Theory/Cresswell: e.g. a description "the thing that is called "Phosphorus"" singles out a whole class of things. - Therefore it is ambiguous. >Ambiguity, >Definite descriptions, >Phosphorus/Hesperus. 1. Cresswell, M.J. (1985a). Structured Meanings. Cambridge, Mass: MIT Press.}, note = { Cr I M. J. Cresswell Semantical Essays (Possible worlds and their rivals) Dordrecht Boston 1988 Cr II M. J. Cresswell Structured Meanings Cambridge Mass. 1984 }, file = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=250100} url = {http://philosophy-science-humanities-controversies.com/listview-details.php?id=250100} }