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6437 | The theory of types makes 'Socrates and killing are two' illegitimate [Russell] |
Full Idea: 'Socrates and killing are two' would be an illegitimate sentence according to the doctrine of types. | |
From: Bertrand Russell (My Philosophical Development [1959], Ch.14) | |
A reaction: This nicely shows how Ryle's notion of a 'category mistake', although it is a commonsense observation of bogus reasoning, arises out of Russell's logical analysis of sets. Of course, the theory of types has its critics. |