Mini philosophy glossary . 2014.
Descriptivist theory of names — is a view of the nature of the meaning and reference of proper names generally attributed to Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell. The theory consists essentially in the idea that the meanings (semantic contents) of names are identical to the… … Wikipedia
Mediated reference theory — The mediated reference theory is a semantic theory that posits that words refer to something in the external world, but insists that there is more to the meaning of a name than simply the object to which it refers. It thus stands opposed to the… … Wikipedia
Direct reference theory — A direct reference theory is a theory of meaning that claims that the meaning of an expression lies in what it points out in the world. It stands in contrast to mediated reference theories. Contents 1 John Stuart Mill 2 Ruth Barcan Marcus 3 Saul… … Wikipedia
Contrast theory of meaning — The Contrast theory of meaning states that any meaningful term must have a possible example and a possible counterexample. Ernest Gellner in Words and Things, p. 40: terms derive their meaning from the fact that there are or could be things… … Wikipedia
Causal theory of reference — A causal theory of reference is any of a family of views about how terms acquire specific referents. Such theories have been used to describe reference in regard to all sorts of reference bearing terms, particularly logically proper names and… … Wikipedia
Sense and reference — Sinn redirects here. For other uses, see Sinn (disambiguation). Über Sinn und Bedeutung; click to read Sinn and bedeutung are usually translated, respectively, as sense and reference. Two different aspects of some terms meanings, a term s… … Wikipedia
Naming and Necessity — … Wikipedia
Donald Davidson (philosopher) — Donald Herbert Davidson Portrait of Donald Davidson by the photographer Steve Pyke in 1990. Full name Donald Herbert Davidson Born 6 March 1917(1917 03 06) Springfield, Massachusetts … Wikipedia
Frege's Puzzle — is a puzzle about the semantics of proper names, although the title is also sometimes applied to a related puzzle about indexicals. Frege introduced the puzzle at the beginning of his article Über Sinn und Bedeutung ( On Sense and Reference ),… … Wikipedia
Nomenclature — For conventions governing Wikipedia article names, see Wikipedia:Naming conventions, for soviet class, see Nomenklatura. Nomenclature is a term that applies to either a list of names and/or terms, or to the system of principles, procedures and… … Wikipedia
