论指称

简介

Russell’s essay, published in Mind in October 1905, deals with “denoting phrases” such as “a man”, “every man” or “the author of Waverley”. He argues that they have no meaning on their own: a sentence about “the present King of France” really says that there is exactly one such king and that he is bald, and since there is none, it is false rather than meaningless. This avoids both Meinong’s non-existent objects and Frege’s distinction between sense and reference. The analysis also explains how George IV could wish to know whether Scott was the author of Waverley without wishing to know whether Scott was Scott. Frank Ramsey called the theory a paradigm of philosophy; P. F. Strawson attacked it in 1950.

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批评了

• 论涵义与指称1892 · 戈特洛布·弗雷格

被承接于

• 现代逻辑导论1930 · 苏珊·斯泰宾

被批评于

• 论指称1950 · P. F. 斯特劳森
• 命名与必然性1972 · 索尔·克里普克

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