著者
鈴木 延寿
出版者
日本科学哲学会
雑誌
科学哲学 (ISSN:02893428)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.36, no.1, pp.95-106, 2003-07-25 (Released:2009-05-29)

How do we refer to individuals? In this paper, in the first, I will make clear what "meaning" is. Then, I will argue that a kind of proper noun has no meaning, with the result that we will reach the following question: Why can we refer to individuals by proper nouns without meaning? In the end, I will put forward a theory of direct reference.