Tuesday, January 31, 2012

A robin is a robin is a robin: 1703 and beyond

Speranza

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From another online source:

"In N.Amer., the name was applied to the red-breasted
thrush by 1703."

The above is slightly interesting in that 'red-breasted thrush' sounds like a more technical thing.

Note that 'robin' is for "Robert", which for Frege, but not Mill, would have no sense, but just reference. (Cfr. Alice, "Must a name mean anything? -- this club and beyond).

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