Quote: puzzles of denoting: a=b vs. a=a, 'the present King of France is/is not bald', if A differs from B is false

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I shall therefore state three puzzles which a … theory solves them. (1) If a is identical … Now George IV wished to know whether Scott … thereby prove that George IV wished to know … (2) By the law of excluded middle … either 'the present King of France is bald' … (3) Consider the proposition 'A differs from B'. … But if it is false that A differs … in the form 'the difference between A and …   Google-1   Google-2

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