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“∊” and Common Names

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Vito F. Sinisi
Vito F. Sinisi*
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Abstract

In [6] I tried to show how an objection to “the nominalist's” analysis of (a) “This is red” and (b) “That is red” on the basis of “the doctrine of common names” might be overcome. The objection is that “the nominalist,” attempting to analyze (a) and (b) by construing the pronouns in these sentences as two different proper names and “red” as a common name, is forced thereby to construe the copula in both sentences as the “is” of identity, and hence (it is claimed) this and that are identical, i.e., that there is only one red spot and not two. I attempted to show that by using Leśniewski's original axiom of ontology “the nominalist” could construe the pronouns in (a) and (b) as proper names, and “red” as a common name without taking the copula to express identity; he would not be forced to identify this with that.

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Discussion
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 32 , Issue 3 , July 1965 , pp. 281 - 286
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1965

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