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DICKIE, Imogen. A lemma from nowhere. Crítica (Méx., D.F.) [online]. 2020, vol.52, n.154, pp.11-47.  Epub 06-Set-2021. ISSN 0011-1503.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iifs.18704905e.2020.1173.

This paper uses cases involving empty singular terms (on the one hand, cases of what I call “accidental aboutness-failure”; on the other, cases involving proper names occurring in fictions) to argue for a claim about the goal of ordinary belief-forming activity, and shows how this claim generates new foundations for the theory of reference.

Palavras-chave : empty singular terms; fictional names; theory of reference; belief formation; aboutness.