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Bertrand Russell - Denotation: An 8 page paper that discusses some of Russell's theories on denoting phrases. The essay includes discussions of Russell's puzzles, including the law of excluded middle. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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always true; C(something) means It is false that "C(x) is false is always true. (Russell, 1905). The terms everything, nothing and something have no meaning in isolation, however, they
do have meaning in propositions that contain these terms. These are denoting phrases that have no meaning in themselves, there must be a proposition to give them meaning. Russell
provided examples of denoting phrases: "a man, any man, every man, the present King of France... the center of mass of the Solar System, ...." Thus, denoting phrases could be
a definite description that really does not denote anything or a definite description that does denote something specific. It could also be an ambiguous phrase that uses an indefinite description.
Russell also said that a denoting phrase might not denote anything, such as the phrase, the present King of France. The proposition: "Everything rotates" must be true because it
fits the same form as Russells first proposition where C is everything and x is the predicate, rotates. According to Russell, this proposition is always true. On the other hand,
the proposition, "Something rotates" is false in terms of Russells logic because the term something does not denote a specific object. The way Russell explains it, the denoting phrases
would seem to lack meaning in and of themselves. That means these phrases need to be connected to some specific thing. For example, the author of Waverly is a denoting
phrase but it has no meaning. One would have to ask: What about it? What about the author of Waverly? It is a phrase out of context. The same is
true for the phrase, "The golden mountain" to which the reader or listener asks, What about it? In a 2005 essay, Kaplan writes in a footnote: It seems
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