Gottlob Frege Essays

In Kripke’s Naming and Necessity, there are different relationships considered between proper names and definite descriptions (Mill’s, Frege-Russell’s, and Searle’s among others), but while considering these we will look at Kripke’s aswell. Generally speaking, a proper name, i.e., the name of a person or place, is a name which is usually taken to uniquely identify its referent in the world. A definite description is a denoting phrase (this will be further discussed, especially considering Mill) in

Compare and contrast Socrates' attitude about philosophy (Apology and Allegory of the Cave Readings) with the Good Brahmin's (Voltaire) attitude Introduction: Philosopher Socrates and Voltaire are forces whose attitudes about philosophy bear little resemblance in one aspect but differ in several aspects. Although Socrates had a distinct view of things pertaining to knowledge as well as Voltaire, comparing and contrasting the attitudes of these philosophers provide a unique opportunity to capture

Harrison Kass Math 2700 What is logic? What is logic? What are the different types of logics? What are the similarities and differences between those logics? And how the logic of transdisciplinarity differ from the other logics? Logic is the study of principles of correct reasoning. An understanding of logic will help correctly arrange supporting evidence that leads to a conclusion. Statements in logic must have clear meaning along with being true or false. Statements cannot be both true

Russell’s main point is that the logical form of any given referent in turn refers only to it’s definite description, and not to it’s “ordinary proper name”. If we were to write out the semantic and logical form of the definite description of Helvellyn, we would get: [1] “The mountain in the Eastern Fells of the Lake District is 3,117′ high” and [2] ∃x(Lx ^ ∀y (Ly → x = y) ^ Ex) (Irvine, 2015) respectively, where in our predicate logic proposition [2], L refers to the property of being a mountain

words that do not refer to any physical object). Frege argues that concepts for words (or intensions as he calls them) are neither internal nor external, but exist in a different state altogether. Further, Frege argues that because thoughts, or concepts, can be ‘grasped’ (understood) by any person they are independent of individuals and are therefore not internal (Frege 1997, pp. 336-342). Frege also argues that the intension of a word (the concept) constitutes the meaning

mathematician until his death in 1970. Influenced heavily by Gottfried Leibniz, Russell was conversant with and involved in every aspect of philosophy. Russell went on to influence the evolution of analytical philosophy along with philosophers Gottlob Frege and George Edward Moore. One of Russell’s most famous essays, “The Theory of Knowledge” analyzes knowledge through three discussions: the definition of knowledge, data, and methods of interference. Both Russell’s approach to and theories regarding

Final Philosophy 201500119 Q1. “For a large class of cases—though not for all—in which we employ the word 'meaning' it can be defined thus: the meaning of a word is its use in the language.” (Philosophical Investigations, section 43). In this quote, Wittgenstein challenges the picture theory of meaning. Evaluate Wittgenstein’s argument, and point out two criticisms that can be made against him. A1. Evaluation: It is very hard to criticise the greatest philosopher of the 20th century. This argument

The First AI Revolution and the Legacies of Political Behaviorism During the Second World War, political science in the United States came into its own as the study of order. This meant that the study of politics was less textual and canonical, leaving behind its philosophical and legal-historical orientation, and instead was put in service of the state to understand political behaviour and social cohesion. This project even drew in many of the European émigrés such Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer