6 ideas
18776 | Contextual definitions eliminate descriptions from contexts [Linsky,B] |
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
18774 | Definite descriptions, unlike proper names, have a logical structure [Linsky,B] |
19087 | The meaning or purport of a symbol is all the rational conduct it would lead to [Peirce] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |