Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Donald Davidson, J.G. Hamann and Sarah Sawyer

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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

7332	There is a huge range of sentences of which we do not know the logical form [Davidson]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names

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Semantic theory should specify when an act of naming is successful [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential

18945

Millians say a name just means its object [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names

18934

Sentences with empty names can be understood, be co-referential, and even be true [Sawyer]

18938

Frege's compositional account of truth-vaues makes 'Pegasus doesn't exist' neither true nor false [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

18947

Definites descriptions don't solve the empty names problem, because the properties may not exist [Sawyer]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification

18914

Davidson controversially proposed to quantify over events [Davidson, by Engelbretsen]

5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 4. Satisfaction

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'Satisfaction' is a generalised form of reference [Davidson]