Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Hans Reichenbach, Xenocrates and Willard Quine
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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If we had to name objects to make existence claims, we couldn't discuss all the real numbers [Quine]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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Failure of substitutivity shows that a personal name is not purely referential [Quine]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated
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We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham]
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Canonical notation needs quantification, variables and predicates, but not names [Quine, by Orenstein]
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Quine extended Russell's defining away of definite descriptions, to also define away names [Quine, by Orenstein]
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Quine's arguments fail because he naively conflates names with descriptions [Fine,K on Quine]
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Names are not essential, because naming can be turned into predication [Quine]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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Names can be converted to descriptions, and Russell showed how to eliminate those [Quine]
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