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1. ETERNAL THOUGHTS.

Author

Carruthers, Peter

Subjects
*THOUGHT & thinking, *SENSES, *NUMBER theory, *PHILOSOPHY, *BELIEF & doubt, *JUDGMENT (Psychology)
Abstract

Examines the arguments made by Friedrich Ludwig Gottlob Frege on the existence of eternal thoughts and the sense of context-free sentence. Eternal existence of numbers; Fregean apparatus of sense and reference; Notions of belief and judgments to intelligent agents; Logical relations between thoughts and human behavior.

Published
1984
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2. UNDERSTANDING NAMES.

Author

Carruthers, Peter

Subjects
*NAMES, *ETYMOLOGY, *PHILOSOPHY, *HUMANITIES
Abstract

Focuses on the question whether proper names have sense. Problem of explaining the behavior or proper names within model contexts; Closeness of a fit between the properties of the object and the information associated with the name.

Published
1983
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3. Book reviews.

Author

Carruthers, P. and Carruthers, Peter

Subjects
MEANING & Mental Representation (Book)
Abstract

Reviews the book `Meaning and Mental Representation,' by Robert Cummins.

Published
1990

7. Assertion and Conditionals.

Author

Carruthers, Peter

Subjects
*ASSERTIVENESS (Psychology), *NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews the book "Assertion and Conditionals," by Anthony Appiah.

Published
1986
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8. BOOK REVIEWS.

Author

Knowles, Dudley R., Schier, Flint, Carruthers, Peter, Brown, Geoffrey, Craig, Edward, and Madell, Geoffrey

Subjects
NONFICTION
Abstract

Reviews several books. "Philosophy, Evolution and Human Nature," by Florian von Schilcher and Neil Tennant; "Philosophical Relativity," by Peter Unger; "Fundamentals of Ethics," by John Finnis.

Published
1985

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