TLD Paired Assignments = Deadline 26 May
3000-4000 words –Single spaced, font size 12 times new roman or Arial.
1. Was Russell right to think that definite descriptions are quantifying expressions? How do they differ from names? Russell. "On Denoting." Sana Manzoor & J Mansha Marwa Arshad & Iram Shabir 2. Has Quine showed that there is something wrong with analyticity? Do his criticisms extend to necessity and a priority? Quine. "Three Dogmas of Empiricism." Mehwish Jabeen & N Sahar Ziaul Islam & Aftab Kazam
3. Can any useful notion of sense be salvaged from Kripke's criticisms? Frege. "On Sense and Reference." G Begum & Zahra Khan Nafess Ahmed, Jaffer Hussain & R Aqeel 4. Can
Kripke's account of singular terms be extended to natural kind terms in the way
that he envisions?
Kripke. Naming and Necessity.
G Mubashar & Sohaib ul Hassan Saima Saleem & Saima Talat
5. Is
there good reason for believing in a referential/attributive distinction? If
so, what is it a distinction between?
Donnellan.
"Reference and Definite Descriptions." S Gul & Saleha Nadeem Afshan Riaz & Taskeen Ayesha
6. What are presuppositions? What happens when they are not met? Lewis. "Scorekeeping in a Language Game." N Abbas & Afzal Khan Amara Kousar & Shumaila Shameem
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