In Mortimer Adler's _How to Read a Book_ (1972) [0], he tackles this idea by distinguishing between "words" and "terms." Chapter 8 is called "Coming to Terms Wi

In Mortimer Adler's _How to Read a Book_ (1972) [0], he tackles this idea by distinguishing between "words" and "terms." Chapter 8 is called "Coming to Terms With an Author" and it is essentially all about this idea of "improper nouns" but under a different name. [0] https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Book-Classic-Intelligent/dp/0671212095 https://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Book-Classic-Intelligent/dp/...