Searle’s paper starts with a critique of Frege’s Sense and Reference. Searle argues that for Frege, a proper name includes a sense. Whereas, he is proposing that proper names do not have sense (meaning), only a reference.

The words he used is ostension and description. There is a difference for Searle between Hesperus/Phosphorus, and the Morning Star/Evening Star. The former is ostension (the name picks out objects but leaves out properties) and the latter description (picking out a kind by property). I agree with Searle here. Frege’s linking of name with property is incorrect. While the object may have properties that is not what proper names’ function.