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4A Causal Theory of Names 1. A Causal Tehroy2. The Virtues of Causal Theory3. Developing the Theory4. Direct Reference5. Problems 1. A Causal theory1.1 Basic idea Kripke: Naming and Necessity, 1972, 1980 Keith S. donnellan: Proper Names and Identifying Descriptions, in D. Davidson and G. Harman, eds. Semantics of Natural Language, Reidel, 1972.  In January of 1970, I gave three talks at Princeton University transcribed here. As the style of the transcript makes clear, I gave the talks without a written text, and, in fact, without notes. The present text is lightly edited