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Reading group: Russell’s ‘On Denoting’ (1905), and the puzzle of the hare’s horn
Bertrand Russell's "On Denoting", published in Mind in 1905, has been called a paradigm of philosophy, and it is also short. It is the best example I know of predicate logic being turned on ordinary language, so I'd like to read it…
Started by Oskar Nyberg5 replies183 views -
“Not necessarily” versus “necessarily not”: can someone explain the difference with an everyday example?
I left accountancy to raise two children, and the older one (nine) has started catching me out on words. Yesterday I said "it won't necessarily rain at the picnic". She said, "So it necessarily won't rain?" I said no, that's different. She…
Started by Thamarai Selvi Raman4 replies216 views -
Every invoice needs some approver: why does the order of quantifiers change the meaning?
I do tax returns for small businesses. One client's internal policy says: "Every invoice must be approved by some manager." Two of their managers have now spent a month arguing about it. One reads it as: each invoice needs a manager's approval,…
Started by Harpreet Kaur Grewal4 replies156 views