Full Idea
Russell's account implies that all sentences composed of an empty name and a predicate are false, including 'Pegasus was a mythical creature'.
Gist of Idea
Russell implies that all sentences containing empty names are false
Source
comment on Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by Sarah Sawyer - Empty Names 4
Book Reference
'Routledge Companion to Phil of Language', ed/tr. Russell/Graff Faria [Routledge 2015], p.156
A Reaction
Russell insists that such sentences contain a concealed existence claim, which they clearly don't.
Related Idea
Idea 18942 Russell says a name contributes a complex of properties, rather than an object [Russell, by Sawyer]