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Aristotle). As an alternative, Kripke outlines a causal theory of reference, according to which a name refers to an object by virtue of a causal connection with the object as mediated through communities of speakers. He points out that proper names, in contrast to most descriptions, are rigid designators: a proper name refers to the named object in every possible world in which the object exists, while most descriptions designate different objects in

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