Week Five
Reading: Russell - On Denoting 1. What do you think is the truth value of 'The King Of France is Bald' (NB there is no monarchy in France) 2. Does the phrase 'The King Of France' have a sense and a referent? If it has no referent, how does it get its meaning? 3. Is there a difference in meaning between A) The King Of France is Bald B) Santa is Bald? How would Frege account for the difference? How would Russell? 4. What (if any) is the difference between: 'Scott is the author of Waverly' and 'Scott is Scott'? What would Russell say? What would Frege say? 5. How should we analyse a sentence like 'The King Of France is bald'?