An Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry: Contemporary and Classical SourcesJoseph Margolis |
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... phrase " the King of France " . But this phrase , though it has a meaning provided " the King of England " has a meaning , has certainly no denotation , at least in any obvious sense . Hence one would suppose that " the King of France ...
... phrase " the King of France " . But this phrase , though it has a meaning provided " the King of England " has a meaning , has certainly no denotation , at least in any obvious sense . Hence one would suppose that " the King of France ...
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... phrase may be defined as one in which the phrase occurs in a proposition p which is a mere constituent of the proposition we are considering , and the substitution for the denoting phrase is to be effected in p , not in the whole ...
... phrase may be defined as one in which the phrase occurs in a proposition p which is a mere constituent of the proposition we are considering , and the substitution for the denoting phrase is to be effected in p , not in the whole ...
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... phrase no one could take for a referential phrase like " the present Vice - Chancellor . " The place of a thing , or the whereabouts of a thing is not a thing but the tail end of the fact that something is there . " Where the bee sucks ...
... phrase no one could take for a referential phrase like " the present Vice - Chancellor . " The place of a thing , or the whereabouts of a thing is not a thing but the tail end of the fact that something is there . " Where the bee sucks ...
Contents
PHILOSOPHICAL PERPLEXITY | 33 |
INTRODUCTION | 44 |
Religious Disputes | 99 |
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A. J. Ayer action analysis analytic answer argument ascribe assertion behaviour believe body called causal cause certainly character colour conceived concept consider definition denoting Descartes described distinction doubt effect empirical entity evidence evil example existence experience explanandum explanation expression fact false feel follows give given hand happen human Hylas idea identity implies inductive inference kind king of France knowledge language logical machine material thing mathematics matter meaning merely mind moral responsibility natural law necessary nominatum notion object observation occur P. F. Strawson pain particular perceived person Philonous philosophical phrase physical possible predicate pretending principle priori problem problem of evil proposition question reality reason reference regard relation Reply Obj seems sensations sense sense-data sentence someone sort soul speak statement suppose synonymy synthetic proposition theory thought Thrasymachus tion true truth Turing machine understand verified words