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: