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Names, and what they are names of

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 1998

Greg Carlson
Affiliation:
Department of Linguistics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 carlson@ling.rochester.edu

Abstract

Terms designating substances and kinds function grammatically much like proper names of individuals. This supports Ruth Millikan's theory, but it also poses the question of how we can understand the reference of kind terms when the ontological status of the kind term is uncertain or disputed.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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