Descriptivism, scope, and apparently empty names

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Philosophical Studies 156 (2):283-288 (2011)
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Some descriptivists reply to the modal argument by appealing to scope ambiguities. In this paper, we argue that those replies don’t work in the case of apparently empty names like ‘Sherlock Holmes’.

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10.1007/s11098-010-9589-x

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