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Single Idea 12006

[filed under theme 5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions ]

Full Idea

Since Russell did not want to introduce non-existent objects, or declare many sentences meaningless, he prevented the problem from getting started, by denying that 'the present King of France is bald' is really a subject-predicate sentence.

Gist of Idea

Denying definite description sentences are subject-predicate in form blocks two big problems

Source

report of Bertrand Russell (On Denoting [1905]) by Graeme Forbes - The Metaphysics of Modality 4.1

Book Ref

Forbes,Graeme: 'The Metaphysics of Modality' [OUP 1985], p.74