PHIL 309: Twentieth Century Analytic Philosophy

LARKIN: Spring 2003

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DATE:    2-13-03

 

I.                     Objectives

A.      Explicate Russell’s Arguments in “On Denoting”

B.       Discuss differences between Russell, Frege, and Meinong

 

II.                   Discussion:

Gray’s Elegy Argument

 

III.                 Lecture:  Russell’s “On Denoting”

A.      The Law of Identity Puzzle

 

B.       The Law of Excluded Middle Puzzle

 

C.       The Puzzle of True Negative Existentials

 

 

IV.                 Discussion:

How Would Frege deal with these puzzles?

 

V.                   Next Time

A.      Topic: Russell’s Argument for his Theory of Descriptions

B.       Reading:   Russell, “On Denoting”

C.       Reading Questions: