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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 2. Excluded Middle
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Russell's theories aim to preserve excluded middle (saying all sentences are T or F) [Sawyer on Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form
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'Elizabeth = Queen of England' is really a predication, not an identity-statement [Russell, by Lycan]
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5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 4. Variables in Logic
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The idea of a variable is fundamental [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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Names don't have a sense, but are disguised definite descriptions [Russell, by Sawyer]
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Russell says names are not denotations, but definite descriptions in disguise [Russell, by Kripke]
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Russell says a name contributes a complex of properties, rather than an object [Russell, by Sawyer]
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Are names descriptions, if the description is unknown, false, not special, or contains names? [McCullogh on Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / c. Names as referential
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The meaning of a logically proper name is its referent, but most names are not logically proper [Russell, by Soames]
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Logically proper names introduce objects; definite descriptions introduce quantifications [Russell, by Bach]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms
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Russell rewrote singular term names as predicates [Russell, by Ayer]
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"Nobody" is not a singular term, but a quantifier [Russell, by Lycan]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
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Russell implies that all sentences containing empty names are false [Sawyer on Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / b. Definite descriptions
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Critics say definite descriptions can refer, and may not embody both uniqueness and existence claims [Grayling on Russell]
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Definite descriptions fail to refer in three situations, so they aren't essentially referring [Russell, by Sainsbury]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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The theory of descriptions eliminates the name of the entity whose existence was presupposed [Russell, by Quine]
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Russell's theory explains non-existents, negative existentials, identity problems, and substitutivity [Russell, by Lycan]
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Russell showed how to define 'the', and thereby reduce the ontology of logic [Russell, by Lackey]
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Russell's theory must be wrong if it says all statements about non-existents are false [Read on Russell]
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The theory of definite descriptions reduces the definite article 'the' to the concepts of predicate logic [Russell, by Horwich]
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Russell implies that 'the baby is crying' is only true if the baby is unique [Grayling on Russell]
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Russell explained descriptions with quantifiers, where Frege treated them as names [Russell, by McCullogh]
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Russell avoids non-existent objects by denying that definite descriptions are proper names [Russell, by Miller,A]
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Denying definite description sentences are subject-predicate in form blocks two big problems [Russell, by Forbes,G]
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Russell says apparent referring expressions are really assertions about properties [Russell, by Cooper,DE]
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The theory of descriptions lacks conventions for the scope of quantifiers [Lackey on Russell]
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Non-count descriptions don't threaten Russell's theory, which is only about singulars [Laycock on Russell]
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Denoting is crucial in Russell's account of mathematics, for identifying classes [Russell, by Monk]
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Russell's analysis means molecular sentences are ambiguous over the scope of the description [Kaplan on Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 3. Objectual Quantification
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Existence is entirely expressed by the existential quantifier [Russell, by McGinn]
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