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    The relation between a proper name and its referent is merely linguistic.

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    • 1.A proper name has its reference determined by convention, not by logical analysis of its constituents.
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    • 2.When a name's reference is conventionally determined, the only way to specify what it stands for is via the brute schema 'name stands for the referent/denotation of name'.
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    • 3.A relation that can only be stated as a brute conventional fact, admitting no further analysis, is merely linguistic rather than logical.
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    • 1.A proper name rigidly designates the same individual across all possible worlds, tracking metaphysical identity rather than linguistic convention.
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    • 2.A relation that holds necessarily across all possible worlds—connecting a name to its bearer regardless of counterfactual circumstance—cannot be merely linguistic, since linguistic conventions are contingent.
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    • 3.Kripke's modal argument establishes that the name-referent link is grounded in the causal-historical chain of dubbing, which is an objective metaphysical fact, not a brute linguistic stipulation.
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    • 1.E.E.C. Jones herself argued that identity propositions like 'Tully is Cicero' are cognitively significant precisely because the name-referent relation involves a logical distinction between sense and reference.
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    • 2.If the name-referent relation were merely linguistic, there would be no explanation for why co-referential proper names can differ in cognitive value, yet this difference is a substantive logical phenomenon requiring analysis beyond convention.
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    In his response, Russell explains why it is that the relation between a name and its referent is “merely linguistic through the phrase”, whereas the relation between a description and its denotation must be “logical”. The relation between a name ß and what it stands for is (merely) linguistic in that it is acceptable to specify what ß stands for with the phrase ‘the referent/denotation of ß’. The reason that it is acceptable is because ß has its reference or denotation determined conventionally.
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