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Paper   IPM / Philosophy / 13894
School of Analytic Philosophy
  Title:   Do Apparently Empty Names Help Millianism Prevail Against Widescopism? A note.
  Author(s):  Seyed N. Mousavian
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Analytic Philosophy
  No.:  3
  Vol.:  56
  Year:  2015
  Pages:   253-265
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
The debate between widescopism and Millianism has recently been revived. Considering modal sentences containing apparently empty names, Andrew Cullison and Ben Caplan (2011) attempt to provide a new argument against widescopism. Here, I will try to argue that their argument fails to provide a reason against widescopism in favor of Millianism.

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