Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.TitleDescriptivism, scope, and apparently empty names.AuthorsCullison, Andrew; Caplan, BenAbstractSome descriptivists reply to the modal argument by appealing to scope ambiguities. In this paper, we argue that those replies don't work in the case of apparently empty names like 'Sherlock Holmes'.SubjectsDESCRIPTIVE psychology; FICTIONAL characters; HOLMES, Sherlock (Fictional character); WHEDON, Joss, 1964-; NEUTRALITYPublicationPhilosophical Studies, 2011, Vol 156, Issue 2, p283ISSN0031-8116Publication typeArticleDOI10.1007/s11098-010-9589-x