Russell's theory collapses Fregean sense into denotation, thereby presupposing the very monistic semantic framework that Jones's distinction between identity of meaning and identity of denotation was designed to refute.
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A made-up person used as an example in a philosophical argument (like using 'John' or 'Sally' in a math problem).
Monistic semantic framework(theoretical framework being criticized)
A theory about meaning that treats all semantic relationships (how words connect to meaning) as working the same way, rather than having multiple different types of meaning.
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.
denotation(Goodman's theory of symbols and depiction)
A variety of reference; the relation in which a name stands to its bearer, a predicate stands to the members of its extension, or a portrait stands to its subject