Names of humans

Names serve to individualise humans. They are used to refer to specific individuals, differentiating them from any other human on the planet before or after them. They uniquely identify a human in space and time. Names are created and used as a result of human language. Other animals have individualised distinct characteristics (e.g. smell, external look etc.) that are discernible both to members outside and within their group, but they carry no names, they have no linguistic expression of this uniqueness (a particular smell or look is not, ultimately, unique in space and time, see also §08.00.07). Names are a quick and certain way to refer to a specific human. Why do humans have names? Simply because they are humans.

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