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Empty name

In metaphysics and the philosophy of language, an empty name is a proper name that has no referent.

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Empty name

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples40
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Empty name → Alexander, Alexius Meinong, All, Another, Any, Aristotle, As John Stuart Mill, Bellerophon, Bertrand Russell, But, By, David Kaplan, Furthermore, Given, Gottlob Frege, He, Hence, How, If, Ithaca
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Empty name → proper name that has no referent.The problem of empty names is the idea that empty names have a meaning when it seems they should not

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name pegasus empty meaning names proper theory sentence referent exist refers aristotle seems means may so-called individual problem object alexander

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Empty nameis aproper name that has no referent.The problem of empty names is the idea that empty names have a meaning when it seems they should not0.90text
Empty namerelated to overviewThere0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewThe0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewHence0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewPegasus0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewThe German0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewGottlob Frege0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewHe0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewOdysseus0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewIthaca0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewBertrand Russell0.60section
Empty namerelated to overviewIf0.60section

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