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18898 | In standard logic, names are the only way to refer [Sommers] |
Full Idea: In modern predicate logic, definite reference by proper names is the primary and sole form of reference. | |
From: Fred Sommers (Intellectual Autobiography [2005], 'Reference') | |
A reaction: Hence we have to translate definite descriptions into (logical) names, or else paraphrase them out of existence. The domain only contains 'objects', so only names can uniquely pick them out. |
11240 | The notion of analytic truth is absent in Aristotle [Aristotle, by Politis] |
Full Idea: The notion of analytic truth is conspicuously absent in Aristotle. | |
From: report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Vassilis Politis - Aristotle and the Metaphysics 1.5 | |
A reaction: Cf. Idea 11239. |