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<journal-id>0011-1503</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Crítica (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Crítica (Méx., D.F.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0011-1503</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0011-15032008000300097</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2008.1002</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[What To Say When There Is Nothing To Talk About]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Qué decir cuando no hay nada de que hablar]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Dumitru]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mircea]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Kroon]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Frederick]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Bucharest Faculty of Philosophy ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Auckland Department of Philosophy ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2008</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2008</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>120</numero>
<fpage>97</fpage>
<lpage>109</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0011-15032008000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0011-15032008000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0011-15032008000300097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[SUMMARY In Reference without Referents, Mark Sainsbury aims to provide an account of reference that honours the common-sense view that sentences containing empty names like &#8220;Vulcan&#8221; and &#8220;Santa Claus&#8221; are entirely intelligible, and that many such sentences -&#8220;Vulcan doesn&#8217;t exist&#8221;, &#8220;Many children believe that Santa Claus will give them presents at Christmas&#8221;, etc.- are literally true. Sainsbury&#8217;s account endorses the Davidsonian program in the theory of meaning, and combines this with a commitment to Negative Free Logic, which holds that all simple sentences containing empty names are false. In this critical review, we pose a number of problems for this account. In particular, we question the ability of Negative Free Logic to make appropriate sense of the truth of familiar sentences containing empty names, including negative existential claims like &#8220;Vulcan doesn&#8217;t exist&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN En Reference without Referents, Mark Sainsbury se propone ofrecer una explicación de la referencia que respete la idea de sentido común de que las oraciones con nombres vacíos como &#8220;Vulcano&#8221; y &#8220;Santa Claus&#8221; son completamente inteligibles, y que muchas de oraciones de este tipo -&#8220;Vulcano no existe&#8221;, &#8220;Muchos niños creen que Santa Claus les traerá regalos en Navidad&#8221;, y demás- son literalmente verdaderas. La propuesta de Sainsbury se inscribe dentro del programa davidsoniano en teoría del significado, y combina éste con un compromiso con la Lógica Libre Negativa, según la cual todas las oraciones simples que contienen nombres vacíos son falsas. En este estudio crítico, presentamos varios problemas de esta explicación. En particular, ponemos en duda la habilidad de la Lógica Libre Negativa de entender de manera apropiada la verdad de oraciones conocidas que contienen nombres vacíos, incluidas negaciones de existencia como &#8220;Vulcano no existe&#8221;.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[nombres vacíos]]></kwd>
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