In philosophy of language Salmon defends Millianism, an extreme version of the controversial theory of direct reference according to which the semantic content of a proper name is simply its bearer, so that co-designative names are synonyms and empty names lack semantic content altogether.
Millianism is the doctrine that the semantic content of a proper name is simply its bearer, so that co-designative names are synonyms and empty names lack semantic content altogether. In philosophy of language Salmon defends Millianism, an extreme version of the controversial theory of direct reference.
In philosophy of language Salmon defends Millianism, an extreme version of the controversial theory of direct reference. Millianism is the doctrine that the semantic content of a proper name is simply its bearer, so that co-designative names are synonyms and empty names lack semantic content altogether.
In philosophy of language Salmon defends Millianism, an extreme version of the controversial theory of direct reference. Millianism is the doctrine that the semantic content of a proper name is simply its bearer, so that co-designative names are synonyms and empty names lack semantic content altogether.