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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