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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Universals' and 'Philosophy of Language'

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions

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Indefinite descriptions are quantificational in subject position, but not in predicate position [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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Recognising the definite description 'the man' as a quantifier phrase, not a singular term, is a real insight [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 7. Unorthodox Quantification

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The universal and existential quantifiers were chosen to suit mathematics [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 3. Antinomies

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Plato found antinomies in ideas, Kant in space and time, and Bradley in relations [Plato, by Ryle]

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Plato's 'Parmenides' is perhaps the best collection of antinomies ever made [Russell on Plato]