List of abbreviations p. ix Introduction p. 1 Part I Russell p. 9 1 Russell's first theory of denoting p. 11 I The elements p. 11 II The mathematical context p. 13 III Denoting, definition and identity p. 16 IV Three essential elements p. 17 V Post-PoM developments p. 20 2 The c…
Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous ""linguistic turn"". The Metaphysicians of Meaning is the first book to challenge the accepted secondary…
Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous ""linguistic turn"". The Metaphysicians of Meaning is the first book to challenge the accepted secondary…
"Bertrand Russell and Gottlob Frege are universally acknowledged as the founding fathers of Analytic Philosophy. Russell's essay 'On Denoting' and Frege's 'On Sense and Reference' propose theories which are arguably their authors' most remarkable contributions to philosophy. Bot…