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Theories of Logicians

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What is in a Name?

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Mill considers words to be names and “all names” according to him are “names of something, real or imaginary.”1 He regards expressions as different as “John,” “virtue,” “old age,” “humanity,” “God,” “man” or even definite descriptions such as “The king who succeeded William the Conqueror,” or “Caesar’s army” (his own examples) all as Names.

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  1. Russell, “The Philosophy of Logical Atomism,” also appeared in Logic and Knowledge, ed. R. C. Marsh, p. 323, London: Allen Unwin, 1951.

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  1. Roosevelt University, USA

    Farhang Zabeeh (Professor of Philosophy)

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© 1968 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands

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Zabeeh, F. (1968). Theories of Logicians. In: What is in a Name?. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-1094-3_2

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