Identification

addressee ambiguity appears assertion attributive basis belong Butchvarov claim concede the identification concept connection considered context definite description denoting depend distinction Donnellan entity envies Peter established example existence fact false fiction Firstly former Frege Geach given hence hyponymic identifying fashion identifying or nonidentifying identifyingly identity statements indefinite individual or object intention involves king of France Kripke language user level of actuality levels of identification Linsky Meinong mind Minna mistaken natural language sentences nonidentifyingly nonrigid Norwegian noun phrase number of planets occurring particular individual person philosophers police lineup possible world postulated proper names propositional attitudes puzzle question readily concede real world reality reasonableness referential referring expressions relevant reporter rigid designators round square Russell Santa Claus scope Searle semantic reference sense sentence meaning singular term Smith's murderer someone specific speech act stimulus theory of descriptions theory of levels theory of reference true unicorns utterance vacuous expressions verbal level witch