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    It is not the case that Proper names refer directly to their bearers without any mediating sense, as Kripke argues in 'Naming and Necessity' via rigid designation across possible worlds.

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    • 1.Children and non-experts use proper names successfully despite lacking the direct causal-historical contact Kripke requires for reference.
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    • 2.We cannot distinguish direct reference from highly automatic descriptive content; 'no mediation' may mischaracterize very fast cognitive processes.
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    • 3.Names in fiction and mistaken identity cases suggest some descriptive criteria remain necessary for determining what a name actually picks out.
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    • 1.We can identify the same person across counterfactual scenarios without knowing their properties, suggesting reference bypasses descriptive content.
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    • 2.Names in scientific discourse refer to natural kinds regardless of theories about them, indicating direct reference independent of sense.
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    • 3.Proper names lack the truth-conditional variability of descriptions, pointing to a non-mediated, world-independent referential mechanism.
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