Interpreting Russell’s Gray’s Elegy Argument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9687196 |
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| Authors | Nicholas Ray (0000-0003-2184-2111, University of Waterloo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 667-682 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dialogue (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0012-2173 • E-ISSN: 1759-0949 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0012217313000103 |
| OpenAlex | W2130895562 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
“On Denoting” is central to the analytic tradition, yet one of its key arguments (the Gray’s Elegy Argument) lacks a canonical reading. Some interpret the passage as rejecting denoting concepts as inconsistent, or the theory that posits them as incoherent. Such readings are too strong, and at odds with the passage. We interpret the argument as a set of considerations that leave the old view as a logically viable (though uneconomical and cumbersome) competitor to Russell’s new semantic theory
Argument (complex analysis) · Elegy · Epistemology · Gray (unit) · Linguistics · Reading (process) · Economic Theory and Institutions · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Philosophy and Theoretical Science
| Highly cited | No |
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