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    Russell's logicist framework already employs Fregean sense/reference distinctions, giving him principled resources to rebut the inference from conceptual openness to non-naturalism.

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    Conceptual openness(as the inference being rebutted)
    The philosophical observation that even when we fully understand what something means conceptually, we can still imagine that thing not existing—like how we can fully grasp 'consciousness' but still wonder if it could be something other than brain activity.
    Frege(as a major historical figure in philosophy)
    Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) was a German logician and philosopher who founded modern logic and did groundbreaking work on how language relates to meaning and existence.
    Fregean sense/reference distinctions(as philosophical tools Russell uses)
    Gottlob Frege's famous idea that words have two different aspects: their 'reference' (what thing they point to in the world) and their 'sense' (the meaning or way of thinking about that thing). For example, 'the morning star' and 'the evening star' both refer to Venus, but they have different senses.
    Logicist framework(as Russell's main project)

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    A philosophical approach that attempts to reduce mathematics to logic—the idea that mathematical truths are really just logical truths in disguise.
    Principled resources(as what Russell has available to make his argument)
    Solid, systematic tools or arguments that are grounded in a coherent theory rather than ad-hoc fixes.
    Russell
    # Russell Russell most commonly refers to **Bertrand Russell**, a highly influential British philosopher, logician, and social critic (1872-1970) who fundamentally changed how we think about logic, language, and knowledge. He's famous for showing that common-sense reasoning can contain hidden contradictions and for arguing that philosophy should use the precision of mathematics to solve problems. Russell also became a prominent public intellectual who wrote about everything from religion to nuclear weapons, making him one of the most important thinkers of the 20th century.
    non-naturalism(Metaethics; contrasted with normative naturalism and error theory)
    The view that normative properties exist but are not natural properties

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