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which are true of exactly one object. It is thus undefined on the denotation of the predicate 'currently King of France', since the property of currently being King of France is true of no object; it is similarly undefined on the denotation of the predicate 'Senator of the US', since the property of
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of a sentence containing a definite description, rather than part of the content asserted by such a sentence. The sentence 'The present King of France is bald', for example, is not used to claim that there exists a unique present King of France who is bald; instead, that there is a unique present
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The negation of this sentence, i.e. "The present King of France is not bald", is ambiguous. It could mean one of two things, depending on where we place the negation 'not'. On one reading, it could mean that there is no one who is currently King of France and bald:
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be used to express a true proposition. The Fregean can also hold on to a restricted version of the law of excluded middle: for any sentence whose presuppositions are met (and thus expresses a proposition), either that sentence or its negation is true.
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is construed as taking wide scope (as in the first of the above), it is true, whereas if the negation is construed as taking narrow scope (as in the second of the above), it is false. In neither case does it lack a truth value.
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More briefly put, the claim is that "The present King of France is bald" says that some x is such that x is currently King of France, and that any y is currently King of France only if y = x, and that x is bald:
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On a second reading, the negation could be construed as attaching directly to 'bald', so that the sentence means that there is currently a King of France, but that this King fails to be bald:
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for any x and y, if x is currently King of France and y is currently King of France, then x=y (i.e. there is at most one thing which is currently King of France):
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structure into sentences in which it occurs. The sentence "the present King of France is bald", for example, is analyzed as a conjunction of the following three
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because the noun phrase X applies to more than one thing, and the definite descriptions "the first man on Mars" and "the Senator from Washington D.C." are
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among others, represents the primary alternative to the Russellian theory. On the Fregean analysis, definite descriptions are construed as
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The sentence does not seem to be true: if we consider all the bald things, the present King of France is not among them, since there is
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Is it meaningless, then? One might suppose so (and some philosophers have) since "the present King of France" certainly does
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Thus, whether "the present King of France is not bald" is true or false depends on how it is interpreted at the level of
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pointed out that this raises a puzzle about the truth value of the sentence "The present King of France is bald."
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Bradford, MIT Press. (Includes Donnellan (1966), Chapter 3 of Neale (1990), Russell (1905), and Strawson (1950).)
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of this statement, that is, "It is not the case that the present King of France is bald", or its
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because X applies to nothing. Improper descriptions raise some difficult questions about the
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expression, as we might naively suppose, but rather an "incomplete symbol" that introduces
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by relying on speakers' knowledge of the conditions under which either of these sentences
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is that this individual is bald. If the presupposition fails, the definite description
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On the Fregean view, the definite article 'the' has the following denotation (using
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The negation of this statement is the one in which 'not' takes wide scope:
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because there does not exist anything which is currently King of France.
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The Fregean analysis of definite descriptions, implicit in the work of
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in the form of "the X" where X is a noun-phrase or a singular common
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on the set of properties: it is only defined for those properties
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An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language
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if X applies to a unique individual or object. For example: "
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we then get the Russellian truth conditions via two steps of
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for every x that is currently King of France, x is bald:
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there is an x such that x is currently King of France:
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Reimer, Marga and Bezuidenhout, Anne (eds.) (2004),
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being a US Senator is true of more than one object.
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"On referring". 664:On this disambiguation, the sentence is 567:On this disambiguation, the sentence is 1781: 1622:is equivalent to "There is exactly one 1044:, and that thing also has the property 16:Denoting phrase in the form of "the X" 4344:Discourse representation theory (DRT) 7: 1921:Strawson, P. F., "On Referring," in 4621:Formal semantics (natural language) 4257:Quantificational variability effect 3924:Formal semantics (natural language) 1946:Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 1680: 1671: 1344: 1314: 1161: 1140: 1040:, only one thing has the property 943: 913: 808: 787: 784: 719: 698: 640: 604: 583: 510: 489: 486: 404: 383: 332: 268: 262: 230: 14: 3021: 3012: 3011: 1052:'present King of France' (again 23: 1892:Definite Descriptions: A Reader 1048:.) Given the denotation of the 871:Generalized quantifier analysis 4339:Combinatory categorial grammar 3717:Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 2224:Analytic–synthetic distinction 1733: 1730: 1724: 1715: 1702: 1698: 1692: 1686: 1677: 1607: 1604: 1595: 1572: 1504: 1495: 1418: 1412: 1386: 1383: 1371: 1362: 1356: 1350: 1332: 1326: 1320: 1203: 1191: 1188: 1176: 1167: 1149: 1146: 1006: 997: 991: 982: 970: 961: 955: 949: 931: 925: 919: 850: 838: 835: 823: 814: 796: 793: 761: 749: 746: 734: 725: 707: 704: 649: 634: 631: 619: 610: 592: 589: 552: 540: 537: 525: 516: 498: 495: 446: 434: 431: 419: 410: 392: 389: 356: 347: 338: 310: 298: 295: 277: 274: 112:. The definite description is 1: 4117:Antecedent-contained deletion 3598:Principle of compositionality 1890:Ostertag, Gary (ed.). (1998) 1444:and yields the unique object 473:is currently King of France. 3747:Philosophical Investigations 1242:quantificational expressions 1120:{\displaystyle \lambda x.Bx} 1087:{\displaystyle \lambda x.Kx} 3588:Modality (natural language) 245:{\displaystyle \exists xKx} 4637: 3998:Syntax–semantics interface 3727:Language, Truth, and Logic 3467:Theological noncognitivism 3352:Contrast theory of meaning 3347:Causal theory of reference 3078:Index of language articles 2123:Causal theory of reference 1613:{\displaystyle x(\phi x))} 1472: 1272:gaps (and failures of the 155: 4490:Question under discussion 4440:Conversational scoreboard 4217:Intersective modification 4202:Homogeneity (linguistics) 3867: 3812:Philosophy of information 3412:Mediated reference theory 3075: 3007: 1901:, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1510:{\displaystyle x(\phi x)} 1479:Following the example of 1475:Uniqueness quantification 179:no present King of France 118:the first person in space 4545:Distributional semantics 3737:Two Dogmas of Empiricism 2183:Scientific structuralism 1855:10.1093/mind/LIX.235.320 1642:and it has the property 1402:[The unique z such that 151: 32:This article includes a 4540:Computational semantics 4282:Subsective modification 4086:Propositional attitudes 3538:Use–mention distinction 3382:Direct reference theory 1899:Descriptions and Beyond 1056:for short) and 'bald' ( 880:generalized quantifiers 61:more precise citations. 4616:Philosophy of language 4570:Philosophy of language 4212:Inalienable possession 4192:Free choice inferences 4187:Faultless disagreement 3958:Generalized quantifier 3472:Theory of descriptions 3407:Linguistic determinism 3069:Philosophy of language 2239:Reflective equilibrium 1816:Stephen Neale (1990). 1803:10.1093/mind/XIV.4.479 1760:Philosophy of language 1740: 1656: 1636: 1614: 1579: 1578:{\displaystyle \psi (} 1554: 1553:{\displaystyle \phi x} 1531: 1511: 1431: 1430:{\displaystyle f(z)=1} 1396: 1274:law of excluded middle 1232:and later defended by 1210: 1121: 1088: 1013: 857: 768: 689:Law of Excluded Middle 687:have a failure of the 656: 559: 453: 369:(using 'B' for 'bald') 363: 317: 246: 205:theory of descriptions 191:law of excluded middle 158:Theory of descriptions 134:law of excluded middle 95:philosophy of language 4470:Plural quantification 4364:Inquisitive semantics 4329:Alternative semantics 3583:Mental representation 3518:Linguistic relativity 3402:Inquisitive semantics 2910:Nicholas Wolterstorff 2365:David Malet Armstrong 1755:Lambert's law (logic) 1741: 1657: 1655:{\displaystyle \psi } 1637: 1635:{\displaystyle \phi } 1615: 1580: 1555: 1532: 1512: 1482:Principia Mathematica 1452:, if there is such a 1432: 1397: 1238:referring expressions 1211: 1122: 1089: 1014: 858: 769: 657: 560: 454: 364: 318: 247: 4455:Function application 4262:Responsive predicate 4252:Privative adjectives 3767:Naming and Necessity 3677:De Arte Combinatoria 3476:Definite description 3437:Semantic externalism 1914:14 (1905): 479–493. 1904:Russell, Bertrand, " 1877:Philosophical Review 1668: 1646: 1626: 1589: 1566: 1541: 1521: 1489: 1406: 1302: 1137: 1131:function application 1099: 1066: 892: 863:. 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Ramsey 2389: 2351: 2327:Jaakko Hintikka 2312:Keith Donnellan 2291: 2248: 2202: 2163:Neurophilosophy 2148:Logical atomism 2102: 2056: 2030: 1987: 1982: 1935: 1932: 1868: 1863: 1862: 1840: 1839: 1835: 1828: 1815: 1814: 1810: 1788: 1787: 1783: 1778: 1751: 1746: 1666: 1665: 1644: 1643: 1624: 1623: 1620: 1587: 1586: 1564: 1563: 1539: 1538: 1519: 1518: 1487: 1486: 1477: 1471: 1463: 1455: 1451: 1447: 1443: 1438: 1404: 1403: 1300: 1299: 1226: 1135: 1134: 1127: 1097: 1096: 1094: 1064: 1063: 1059: 1055: 1047: 1043: 1039: 1034:if, and only if 1031: 1027: 1019: 890: 889: 873: 779: 778: 693: 692: 662: 578: 577: 565: 481: 480: 472: 459: 378: 377: 327: 326: 257: 256: 225: 224: 160: 154: 83: 72: 66: 63: 52: 38:related reading 28: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 4634: 4632: 4624: 4623: 4618: 4613: 4608: 4603: 4593: 4592: 4586: 4585: 4583: 4582: 4577: 4572: 4567: 4562: 4557: 4555:Inferentialism 4552: 4550:Formal grammar 4547: 4542: 4537: 4531: 4529: 4525: 4524: 4521: 4520: 4518: 4517: 4512: 4507: 4502: 4497: 4492: 4487: 4482: 4477: 4475:Possible world 4472: 4467: 4462: 4457: 4452: 4447: 4442: 4437: 4432: 4427: 4421: 4419: 4415: 4414: 4412: 4411: 4406: 4401: 4396: 4391: 4386: 4381: 4376: 4371: 4366: 4361: 4359:Glue semantics 4356: 4351: 4346: 4341: 4336: 4331: 4325: 4323: 4322:Formal systems 4316: 4312: 4311: 4308: 4307: 4305: 4304: 4299: 4294: 4289: 4284: 4279: 4274: 4269: 4264: 4259: 4254: 4249: 4247:Polarity items 4244: 4239: 4234: 4229: 4224: 4219: 4214: 4209: 4204: 4199: 4194: 4189: 4184: 4179: 4174: 4169: 4164: 4159: 4154: 4149: 4144: 4139: 4134: 4132:Conservativity 4129: 4124: 4119: 4113: 4111: 4107: 4106: 4104: 4103: 4098: 4096:Quantification 4093: 4088: 4083: 4078: 4073: 4068: 4063: 4058: 4053: 4048: 4043: 4038: 4033: 4028: 4022: 4020: 4013: 4009: 4008: 4006: 4005: 4000: 3995: 3990: 3985: 3980: 3975: 3973:Presupposition 3970: 3965: 3960: 3955: 3950: 3945: 3940: 3934: 3932: 3928: 3927: 3922: 3920: 3919: 3912: 3905: 3897: 3888: 3887: 3885: 3884: 3879: 3874: 3868: 3865: 3864: 3862: 3861: 3856: 3855: 3854: 3844: 3839: 3834: 3829: 3824: 3819: 3814: 3809: 3803: 3801: 3797: 3796: 3794: 3793: 3783: 3773: 3763: 3753: 3743: 3733: 3723: 3713: 3703: 3693: 3683: 3673: 3663: 3652: 3650: 3646: 3645: 3643: 3642: 3635: 3630: 3625: 3620: 3615: 3610: 3605: 3600: 3595: 3593:Presupposition 3590: 3585: 3580: 3575: 3570: 3565: 3560: 3555: 3550: 3545: 3540: 3535: 3530: 3525: 3520: 3515: 3510: 3504: 3502: 3498: 3497: 3495: 3494: 3489: 3484: 3479: 3469: 3464: 3459: 3454: 3449: 3444: 3439: 3434: 3429: 3424: 3419: 3414: 3409: 3404: 3399: 3394: 3389: 3384: 3379: 3374: 3372:Deconstruction 3369: 3364: 3359: 3354: 3349: 3343: 3341: 3335: 3334: 3332: 3331: 3326: 3321: 3316: 3311: 3306: 3301: 3296: 3291: 3286: 3281: 3276: 3271: 3266: 3261: 3256: 3251: 3246: 3241: 3236: 3231: 3226: 3221: 3216: 3211: 3206: 3201: 3196: 3191: 3186: 3181: 3176: 3171: 3166: 3161: 3156: 3151: 3146: 3141: 3136: 3131: 3126: 3121: 3116: 3111: 3106: 3101: 3096: 3090: 3088: 3082: 3081: 3076: 3073: 3072: 3067: 3065: 3064: 3057: 3050: 3042: 3033: 3032: 3030: 3029: 3019: 3008: 3005: 3004: 3001: 3000: 2998: 2997: 2992: 2986: 2984: 2980: 2979: 2977: 2976: 2974:Patrick Suppes 2971: 2966: 2961: 2956: 2950: 2948: 2942: 2941: 2939: 2938: 2933: 2928: 2922: 2920: 2916: 2915: 2913: 2912: 2907: 2902: 2896: 2894: 2890: 2889: 2887: 2886: 2881: 2876: 2870: 2868: 2862: 2861: 2859: 2858: 2856:Michael Walzer 2853: 2848: 2843: 2838: 2833: 2828: 2823: 2818: 2812: 2810: 2806: 2805: 2803: 2802: 2797: 2792: 2786: 2784: 2778: 2777: 2775: 2774: 2769: 2764: 2759: 2754: 2749: 2744: 2742:Adolf GrĂŒnbaum 2739: 2734: 2729: 2727:Robert Brandom 2723: 2721: 2715: 2714: 2712: 2711: 2706: 2700: 2698: 2694: 2693: 2691: 2690: 2685: 2683:W. V. O. Quine 2680: 2675: 2670: 2665: 2660: 2658:Nelson Goodman 2655: 2653:Daniel Dennett 2650: 2645: 2639: 2637: 2633: 2632: 2629: 2628: 2626: 2625: 2620: 2618:Moritz Schlick 2615: 2610: 2605: 2599: 2597: 2591: 2590: 2588: 2587: 2582: 2576: 2574: 2565: 2564: 2559: 2553: 2551: 2545: 2544: 2542: 2541: 2536: 2531: 2529:Charles Taylor 2526: 2521: 2519:P. F. Strawson 2516: 2511: 2506: 2501: 2496: 2491: 2486: 2481: 2476: 2471: 2466: 2461: 2455: 2453: 2447: 2446: 2444: 2443: 2438: 2433: 2428: 2423: 2418: 2416:Norman Malcolm 2413: 2408: 2403: 2397: 2395: 2391: 2390: 2388: 2387: 2385:J. J. C. Smart 2382: 2377: 2372: 2370:David Chalmers 2367: 2361: 2359: 2350: 2349: 2344: 2339: 2334: 2332:Giuseppe Peano 2329: 2324: 2322:Edmund Gettier 2319: 2314: 2309: 2303: 2301: 2297: 2296: 2293: 2292: 2290: 2289: 2284: 2279: 2277:Possible world 2274: 2269: 2264: 2258: 2256: 2247: 2246: 2241: 2236: 2231: 2229:Counterfactual 2226: 2221: 2210: 2208: 2204: 2203: 2201: 2200: 2195: 2190: 2185: 2180: 2175: 2170: 2165: 2160: 2155: 2150: 2145: 2140: 2135: 2130: 2125: 2120: 2114: 2112: 2108: 2107: 2104: 2103: 2101: 2100: 2095: 2090: 2088:Paraconsistent 2085: 2080: 2075: 2070: 2064: 2062: 2058: 2057: 2055: 2054: 2049: 2044: 2038: 2036: 2032: 2031: 2029: 2028: 2023: 2018: 2013: 2008: 2002: 2000: 1999:Areas of focus 1993: 1989: 1988: 1983: 1981: 1980: 1973: 1966: 1958: 1952: 1951: 1941:"Descriptions" 1931: 1930:External links 1928: 1927: 1926: 1919: 1902: 1895: 1888: 1881: 1867: 1864: 1861: 1860: 1833: 1826: 1808: 1797:(4): 479–493. 1780: 1779: 1777: 1774: 1773: 1772: 1767: 1762: 1757: 1750: 1747: 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introducing
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formal semantics
philosophy of language
denoting
phrase
noun
the first person in space
the 42nd President of the United States of America
law of excluded middle
denotation
modality
mental content
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France
currently a republic
Bertrand Russell
no present King of France
negation
logical equivalent
law of excluded middle
fail to refer
theory of descriptions
referring
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