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(1985) Analytical philosophy in comparative perspective, Dordrecht, Springer.
There is overwhelming evidence that proper names must have senses or connotations that somehow contain contingent information about their referents. There is also overwhelming evidence that proper names cannot possibly have such senses or connotations. That is the paradox of naming.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-6499-0_4
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Lycan, W. (1985)., The paradox of naming, in J. Lal Shaw (ed.), Analytical philosophy in comparative perspective, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 81-102.
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