Lexicon of Arguments

 

I 257
Indefinite terms do not denote objects. An indefinite singular term must therefore be in a purely denoting position: E.g. "The tax auditor is looking for someone" (the position is denoting - "someone" is not denoting).
"Purely denoting" unambiguous (substitutability of identity) is not: "Tullius was a Roman" is
trochaic - E.g. Tax auditor is looking for the director: -> propositional attitudes. Expression in quotation marks is not purely denoting. It has an ambiguous reference. Every truth function is transparent for denotation.
Words denote, sentences do not denote (no singular term). Nevertheless, a sentence has a meaning: the singular term formed by bracketing of the sentence (this is no proposition). A proposition here is: completion of correct sentence to a timeless one. A timeless sentence is "The door is open": which door? This does not denote anything.
I 413f
Object: that what is denoted by singular terms, names and accepted as values. (But singular term is eliminated!) - E.g. "glimmer", but not "glimmeriness".
II 61 ff
Naming: is a name or singular term. Denoting: is to predict - both are referencing, not meaning
various descriptions can name the same thing but have a different meaning.
VII (a) 10ff
Singular Term/Quine: a singular term must not denote. It has a gap between meaning and denotation.
VII (c) 48ff
Singular Terms/Quine: singular terms designate ("name").
>Singular Terms/Quine.
A general term: means (denotes). - (> Descriptions).
VII (h) 140
Purely denoting position/Quine: E.g. "Giorgione was called so because of his size". "So" is not purely denoting. Correct would be: "Giorgione was called Giorgione because...". This is then usable: "Barbarelli was called Giorgione because...". Missing substitutability signals is not a purely denoting position. One might say: The following incidents were non-denoting: "9" and "Evening Star" or "number of planets" in (15) - (17) but it is not about that. The point is that the substitution makes true statements false.