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| Names, proper names, philosophy: the status of proper names is a relatively new philosophical problem. S. A. Kripke has treated it as one of the first in “Naming and Necessity” (three lectures at Princeton University 1970, reprint Cambridge, 1980). Against the traditional bundle theory, according to which the meaning of names lies in the properties, or at least in the essential properties of their bearers, Kripke develops a causal theory of the names, which ultimately goes back to a baptism in the broader sense. The decisive point is that the name is associated with the person but it is not required that the person has any additional properties. See also causal theory, possible worlds, rigidity, rigid designators, descriptions._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Plato on Proper Names - Dictionary of Arguments
Gadamer I 410 Names/Cratylos/Plato/Gadamer: The problem of "special languages" shows the conditions under which (...) renaming is possible. Hermogenes in "Cratylos" himself gives an example: the rebaptism of a servant(1). The inner dependence of the servant's life, the coincidence of his person with his function makes possible what otherwise fails because of the person's claim to his or her "being-for-themselves", to the preservation of his or her honour. Likewise, children and lovers have language through which they communicate in the world that is only their own, but even this not so much through arbitrary fixation as through the development of a habit of language. The commonality of a world - even if it is only a played one - is always the condition for "language". >Language/Plato, >Word/Plato, >Language and Thought/Plato, >Correctness/Plato. 1. Krat. 384 d._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Gadamer I Hans-Georg Gadamer Wahrheit und Methode. Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik 7. durchgesehene Auflage Tübingen 1960/2010 Gadamer II H. G. Gadamer The Relevance of the Beautiful, London 1986 German Edition: Die Aktualität des Schönen: Kunst als Spiel, Symbol und Fest Stuttgart 1977 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-27