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Full Idea
In term logic, what a term denotes are the objects having the property it signifies. What a statement denotes is the world, that which has the constitutive property it signifies.
Gist of Idea
Terms denote objects with properties, and statements denote the world with that property
Source
George Engelbretsen (Trees, Terms and Truth [2005], 4)
Book Ref
'The Old New Logic', ed/tr. Oderberg,David S. [MIT 2005], p.43
| 16385 | A definite description 'denotes' an entity if it fits the description uniquely [Russell, by Recanati] |
| 5810 | Referring is not denoting, and Russell ignores the referential use of definite descriptions [Donnellan on Russell] |
| 5774 | Denoting phrases are meaningless, but guarantee meaning for propositions [Russell] |
| 5775 | In 'Scott is the author of Waverley', denotation is identical, but meaning is different [Russell] |
| 18918 | Terms denote objects with properties, and statements denote the world with that property [Engelbretsen] |