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'The Philosophy of Logical Atomism', 'Ordinary Objects' and 'The Pragmatist Account of Truth'
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19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / b. Causal reference
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How can causal theories of reference handle nonexistence claims? [Thomasson]
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Pure causal theories of reference have the 'qua problem', of what sort of things is being referred to [Thomasson]
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19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 3. Predicates
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Russell uses 'propositional function' to refer to both predicates and to attributes [Quine on Russell]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions
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Propositions don't name facts, because each fact corresponds to a proposition and its negation [Russell]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
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In 1918 still believes in nonlinguistic analogues of sentences, but he now calls them 'facts' [Russell, by Quine]
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19. Language / D. Propositions / 6. Propositions Critique
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An inventory of the world does not need to include propositions [Russell]
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I no longer believe in propositions, especially concerning falsehoods [Russell]
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I know longer believe in shadowy things like 'that today is Wednesday' when it is actually Tuesday [Russell]
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19. Language / E. Analyticity / 1. Analytic Propositions
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Analyticity is revealed through redundancy, as in 'He bought a house and a building' [Thomasson]
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19. Language / F. Communication / 4. Private Language
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The names in a logically perfect language would be private, and could not be shared [Russell]
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