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Single Idea 11989

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions ]

Full Idea

It is a tenet of Russell's theory that all expressions, and especially definite descriptions, whose denotation is dependent upon contingent circumstances must be eliminated.

Gist of Idea

For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated

Source

David Kaplan (How to Russell a Frege-Church [1975], II)

Book Ref

'The Possible and the Actual', ed/tr. Loux,Michael J. [Cornell 1979], p.214

The 13 ideas from David Kaplan

14894 Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]
14700 'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]
14080 Are causal descriptions part of the causal theory of reference, or are they just metasemantic? [Kaplan, by Schaffer,J]
11989 For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan]
11990 'Haecceitism' says that sameness or difference of individuals is independent of appearances [Kaplan]
9668 'Haecceitism' is common thisness under dissimilarity, or distinct thisnesses under resemblance [Kaplan]
11991 If quantification into modal contexts is legitimate, that seems to imply some form of haecceitism [Kaplan]
11973 Unusual people may have no counterparts, or several [Kaplan]
11972 Essence is a transworld heir line, rather than a collection of properties [Kaplan]
11967 Sentences might have the same sense when logically equivalent - or never have the same sense [Kaplan]
11969 Models nicely separate particulars from their clothing, and logicians often accept that metaphysically [Kaplan]
11970 Logicians like their entities to exhibit a maximum degree of purity [Kaplan]
11971 The simplest solution to transworld identification is to adopt bare particulars [Kaplan]