Russell's Early Theory of Denoting

Autor: David Bostock
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: History and Philosophy of Logic. 30:49-67
ISSN: 1464-5149
0144-5340
DOI: 10.1080/01445340802257114
Popis: The article concerns the treatment of the so-called denoting phrases, of the forms ‘every A’, ‘any A’, ‘an A’ and ‘some A’, in Russell's Principles of Mathematics. An initially attractive interpretation of what Russell's theory was has been proposed by P.T. Geach, in his Reference and Generality (1962). A different interpretation has been proposed by P. Dau (Notre Dame Journal, 1986). The article argues that neither of these is correct, because both credit Russell with a more thought-out theory than he actually had. The conclusion is mainly negative: at this date Russell has no coherent theory of these phrases. An appendix notes that his understanding of the quantifiers in predicate logic is also, at this date, not entirely secure.
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