Abstract
This thesis concerns the problem of reference fixing of proper names. Fregeanism was seen as a problematic approach in the past few decades, however, some of the critics were based on either inappropriate interpretation of Fregean sense or some misleading assumption on the semantic role of proper names. In virtue of analyzing the use of proper names in grounding events, I point out that proper names are anaphoric devices. Proper names are indeed not rigid designator, but perceptual demonstratives, which proper names anaphorically refer to, are the genuine one; the problem of reference fixing is a derivative problem from demonstratives. On the other hand, I show that a minimal account of Fregeanism can both resolve the problem of reference fixing and circumvent the traditional critics by simplifying the concept of Fregean sense.