Sentence examples for proper denotation from inspiring English sources

In its proper denotation, "diva" means "goddess".

This distinction is in some ways reminiscent of the distinction between extension and intension and is inconsistent with John Stuart Mill's (1884) view that proper names have a denotation and no connotation.

We thus combine "identity of denotation" or "denotational oneness" with "diversity of intension".

Denotation is the special case of reference exemplified by proper names and portraits a case in which a symbol labels one individual.

Mapping np to semantic type e is appropriate for proper nouns and definite descriptions whose denotations can be taken to be individuals.

According to Kripke, Mill was right about proper names but wrong about kinds; Millianism Mill's denotation-without-connotation view is right for both sorts of term.

His principal aim is to make the case for the Millian denotation-without-connotation view of singular proper names, and then extend this (contrary to Mill's own opinion) to certain general terms also, including natural kind terms.

The meaning of a proposition its "import", as Mill says is determined by the connotation of its parts, the sole exception being given in the case of proper names, where the meaning is determined by the denotation.

The left handles denotation, he clarifies, the right deals with connotation.

Denotation, a name is said to denote that thing or those things of which it is a name.

(We might well characterize this relation as labelling). Denotation is the special case of reference exemplified by proper names and portraits a case in which a symbol labels one individual.