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Single Idea 2612

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms ]

Full Idea

Russell's theory used quantification to eliminate singular terms, which could be meaningful without denoting anything. He reparsed such sentences so they appeared as predicates instead of names.

Gist of Idea

Russell rewrote singular term names as predicates

Source

report of Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by A.J. Ayer - The Central Questions of Philosophy IX.A.2

Book Ref

Ayer,A.J.: 'The Central Questions of Philosophy' [Penguin 1976], p.188