[lit-ideas] Re: The Life and Death of Wittgenstein
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 20:15:42 EDT
In a message dated 5/14/2009 7:25:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
[Btw, W said afair that "Death is not an event in life" - see entry in
Root's Phil Dict:- "Death:
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Another test you can try (to prove if a name is vacuous or not) is to ask:
"Where is ...? (now that we need him, etc.)
e.g.
"Where is Wittgenstein?"
The correct answer is:
Nowhere; he is dead.
Nowhere, he died.
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Ditto for Strawson's example apres Russell:
Where is the king of France?
In the case of the king of France, Strawson notes in "On referring", "it's
not exactly appropriate to say he died, when we know he was decapitated,
rather"
JLS
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