Name - Philosophical accounts of names - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Name: Encyclopedia - Name
A name is a label for a thing, person, place, product (as in a brand name) and even an idea or concept, normally used to distinguish one ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Name - Philosophical Accounts Of Names
Proper names function in the same way as common nouns do in many natural languages. Philosophers have thus often treated the two as simil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Name - Use Of Names
Naming is the process of assigning a particular word or phrase to a particular object or property. This can be quite deliberate or a natu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Name: Encyclopedia Ii - Name - Naming Convention
A naming convention is an attempt to systematize names in a field so they unambiguously convey similar information in a similar manner. S...   » Read the article