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Denotating expression/Russell/Geach: the denotating expression is a general term after the prefix the, one, every, all, some, etc.
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Sentence/Geach.
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Denotating expression/Geach: E.g.
Robinson made a lot of money by selling it
This is no sentence - "it" without antecedent is no denotating expression.
But if a word chain does not have a logical role in a particular context, it does not mean that it never has one. - E.g.
Jones has a car and Jones daughter drives it.
"has a car" is not denotating: "p and Jones' daughter drives it".
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Anaphora.
Also not: "there is a car ..." for "p" then: p and that is driven by Jones' daughter.
Wrong solution: to look for criteria for "real incidents": these can also be of the wrong kind. E.g.
"the only one who ever stole a book from Snead ..."
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Denotation of sentences/Carnap/Geach: E.g. DES(English) "red" is red, DES(French) "l'eau" is water etc. - for all x, x is true in L ⇔ DES(L) x.
Geach: this offers a definition of "true in L" in terms of "denotation in L"- if it is grammatically not a complete sentence, it is nevertheless in the logical sense.
It means roughly: "mon crayon est noir" is true in French".
Because "DES(English)"Chicago is a large city" is a complete sentence, "DES(English)" is not a relation sign. We cannot ask "what is it what it denotates," as we cannot ask, "what is it that it rains?"
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Denotation/naming/names of expressions/mention/use/Geach: E.g.
A. or is a junctor.
If this sentence is to be true, then only when the first word is used to denotate that of which the sentence says something.
"Or" is only a junctor (E.g. "but" is a junctor or a verb") in special contexts.
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Junctor.
Therefore "or" is not used autonym in A (it does not denotate itself).
The first word in A is no example here. It is a logical subject, so in the sentence it is no junctor, so the sentence A is wrong.
((s) With and without quotation marks that were saved here) - (s) Or can only be used as a connection, when it is mentioned, it is no longer a connection.)
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Level/Order.
Mention/use/Geach: Is it wrong to say or is a connection? - No. - Is it wrong to say "or" is a connection? - Yes.
