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Ideas for 'General Draft', 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences' and 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive

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Asking 'Did Homer exist?' is employing an abbreviated description [Russell]

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Russell admitted that even names could also be used as descriptions [Russell, by Bach]

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Names are really descriptions, except for a few words like 'this' and 'that' [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / f. Names eliminated

7311	The only genuine proper names are 'this' and 'that' [Russell]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions

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'I met a unicorn' is meaningful, and so is 'unicorn', but 'a unicorn' is not [Russell]