problem of non-referring names. Russell supposed that if a name had
no referent (e.g., *Santa*), a sentence containing that name would
have no meaning, since there would be no object to insert into the
structure representing the meaning of that sentence. But on Kaplan's
scheme, there is no problem: *Santa is hungry* would denote `<{},
problem of non-referring names. Russell supposed that if a name had
no referent (e.g., *Santa*), a sentence containing that name would
have no meaning, since there would be no object to insert into the
structure representing the meaning of that sentence. But on Kaplan's
scheme, there is no problem: *Santa is hungry* would denote `<{},