Theories of Reference

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Aspects of a Theory of Singular Reference - William Greenberg's 1982 UCLA dissertation.

On Naming and Possibility in Kripke and in the Tractatus - Article by María Cerezo, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.

On the Model Theory of Knowledge - An essay by John McCarthy on the use of model theory, with a bias towards knowledge representation. Strong on Kripke models.

The Reference of Theoretical Terms - Article by Renate Duerr, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.

Sellars-Harman Correspondence - Correspondence between Wilfrid Sellars and Gilbert Harman on truth. Illuminating discussion on the issue of whether a Tarskian semantics provides an adequate basis for a correspondence theory of truth.

Singular Propositions - Singular propositions (also called `Russellian propositions') are propositions that are about a particular object or individual in virtue of having the object or individual as a constituent of the proposition. From the Stanford Encyclopedia, by G. W. Fitch.

The Theory of Abstract Objects - Web resource provided by Edward Zalta, centering upon his `Principia Metaphysica', a general calculus for the expression of theories of abstract objects. Includes a tutorial section.

A Unified Theory of Names - Article by John Justice, presented at the 20th World Congress of Philosophy.