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mutually recognized. In this case, it will make
an addition to the universe of discourse, brought
about by means of the assertion of a real relation of it to an
object previously recognized. Sometimes, it will
be doubtful whether it is one of the recognized
subjects of force or not. Butwhat I want to focus your
attention upon is, that at the first mention of
a proper name, apart from any special information
about its subject that may then be conveyed,
the name merely tells us that something
exists, that is, is a factor of the entire
complexus of forces that we [partly?] have known
by experience. But at any subsequent mention
of the proper name, though this assertion of
existence is reiterated, yet that being know[n?] already
is of no importance. The importance of the
name at all occurrences after the first
is that it identifies what is mentioned with
something we had heard of before.