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Ideas for 'On the Question of Absolute Undecidability', 'Frege's Distinction of Sense and Reference' and 'On What There Is'

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

9182	Ancient names like 'Obadiah' depend on tradition, not on where the name originated [Dummett]

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

8455	Canonical notation needs quantification, variables and predicates, but not names [Quine, by Orenstein]

8456	Quine extended Russell's defining away of definite descriptions, to also define away names [Quine, by Orenstein]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

1611	Names can be converted to descriptions, and Russell showed how to eliminate those [Quine]