Combining Philosophers
Ideas for B Hale / C Wright, Keith Donnellan and Nicholas Rescher
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms
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Singular terms refer if they make certain atomic statements true [Hale/Wright]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions
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Russell only uses descriptions attributively, and Strawson only referentially [Donnellan, by Lycan]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
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A definite description can have a non-referential use [Donnellan]
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Definite descriptions are 'attributive' if they say something about x, and 'referential' if they pick x out [Donnellan]
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'The x is F' only presumes that x exists; it does not actually entail the existence [Donnellan]
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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / c. Grelling's paradox
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If 'x is heterological' iff it does not apply to itself, then 'heterological' is heterological if it isn't heterological [Hale/Wright]
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