بررسي انتقادي نظريۀ علّي ارجاع اونز در باب نام هاي خاصّ

Evansʹ Causal Theory of Names and its Objections

In this article, I provide a brief form of some important theories of nameʹs denotation and then I focus on Evansʹ causal theory of names. Since Evansʹ theory is inherited by causal and descriptive theories, a brief acquaintance with these both theories will be helpful. When discussing descriptivist theories, I will examine Frege and Russellʹs views briefly, and when discussing causal theories I will focus on Kripke and Millʹs theories in reference of proper names. I show some faults in Kripkeʹs theory and then I refer to the problem of change of reference. After explication of Evansʹ causal theory and its difference and its advantage over Kripkeʹs causal theory, I will explicate some critical points concerning his theory.