Empty Names and Fiction
What 'Vulcan' and 'Sherlock Holmes' contribute to a sentence if they name nothing
Planned, not yet written
This rung already has its place in the Philosophy of Language ladder and a fixed job in the order. The prose is what is missing. Writing it out of sequence would break the guarantee that nothing here uses a term before an earlier article defines it.
Will defineempty namepretence theoryfiction operator
Assumesproper nameMillianismfictional objectnonexistent object
Related
- Names and Descriptionsplanned
- Belief Reports and Opacityplanned