Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Logical Constructions Bertrand Russell referred to several different definitions and philosophical analyses as providing logical constructions of certain entities and expressions. Examples he cited were the Frege/Russell definition of numbers as classes of ...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Logical Form Some inferences are impeccable. Consider: (1) John danced if Mary sang, and Mary sang; so John danced. (2) Every politician is deceitful, and every senator is a politician; so every senator is deceitful. (3) The tallest man is in the garden; so ...

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z Structured Propositions It is a truism that two speakers can say the same thing by uttering different sentences, whether in the same or different languages. For example, when a German speaker utters the sentence Schnee ist weiss and an English speaker utters ...

Comparing Frege and Russell KENT BACH Frege's and Russell's views are obviously different, but because of certain superficial similarities in how they handle certain famous puzzles about proper names, they are often assimilated. Where proper names are concerned, both Frege and Russell are often described together as descriptivists. But their views are fundamentally different. To see that, ...

Translation Tips Peter Suber, Philosophy Department, Earlham College Truth-Functional Propositional Logic Predicate Logic Singly General Monadic Multiply General Monadic Polyadic In this hand-out I treat the notation of truth-functional propositional logic and first-order predicate logic as a language, and give guidance on translating from English into this foreign language. In general, logical ...

Logic and Philosophy of Logic Two Types of Philosophical Analysis Arkadiusz Gut Catholic University of Lublin ABSTRACT: The aim of this paper is a comparative analysis of the Lvov-Warsaw School and Frege-Russell's tradition. The Comparison of these is made on the grounds of the analysis of existence. Choosing existence as the object of the analysis is very essential. It is so because ...