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Ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'The Nature of Musical Expression' and 'Russell's Metaphysical Logic'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
Definite descriptions theory eliminates the King of France, but not the Queen of England [Linsky,B]
     Full Idea: The theory of definite descriptions may eliminate apparent commitment to such entities as the present King of France, but certainly not to the present Queen of England.
     From: Bernard Linsky (Russell's Metaphysical Logic [1999], 7.3)
5. Theory of Logic / I. Semantics of Logic / 5. Extensionalism
Extensionalism means what is true of a function is true of coextensive functions [Linsky,B]
     Full Idea: With the principle of extensionality anything true of one propositional functions will be true of every coextensive one.
     From: Bernard Linsky (Russell's Metaphysical Logic [1999], 6.3)