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'Thinking About Mathematics', 'The Philosophy of Logical Atomism' and 'How to Russell a Frege-Church'
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / a. Names
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You can understand 'author of Waverley', but to understand 'Scott' you must know who it applies to [Russell]
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There are a set of criteria for pinning down a logically proper name [Russell, by Sainsbury]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / b. Names as descriptive
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Treat description using quantifiers, and treat proper names as descriptions [Russell, by McCullogh]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
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A name has got to name something or it is not a name [Russell]
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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
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For Russell, expressions dependent on contingent circumstances must be eliminated [Kaplan]
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