Definite Descriptions
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State
"The F is G" unpacks as three claims: an F exists, at most one F exists, and it is G.
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"The county auditor signed": someone audits, no one else audits, that one signed.
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Russell's analysis. When nothing fits the description — "the present king of France" — the whole statement is false, not meaningless.
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- Nothing yet depends on this.