Abstract
Abstract‘Ahab is a whaler’ and ‘Holmes is a whaler’ express different propositions, even though neither ‘Ahab’ nor ‘Holmes’ has a referent. This seems to constitute a theoretical puzzle for the Russellian view of propositions. In this paper, I develop a variant of the Russellian view, Plenitudinous Russellianism. I claim that ‘Ahab is a whaler’ and ‘Holmes is a whaler’ express distinct gappy propositions. I discuss key metaphysical and semantic differences between Plenitudinous Russellianism and Traditional Russellianism and respond to objections that stem from those differences.
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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6 articles.
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1. Hylomorphic Propositions∗;The Routledge Handbook of Propositions;2022-09-13
2. Introduction;The Routledge Handbook of Propositions;2022-09-13
3. Plenitudinous Russellianism;The Routledge Handbook of Propositions;2022-09-13
4. The Varieties of Gappy Propositions*;The Routledge Handbook of Propositions;2022-09-13
5. Pretence fictionalism about the non-present;Inquiry;2021-08-31