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Definite Descriptions

Definite Descriptions( )
Author: Elbourne, Paul
Series title:Oxford Studies in Semantics and Pragmatics Ser.
ISBN:978-1-306-07426-1
Publication Date:Jan 2013
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $199.92
Book Description:

This book argues that definite descriptions ('the table', 'the King of France') refer to individuals, as Gottlob Frege claimed. This apparently simple conclusion flies in the face of philosophical orthodoxy, which incorporates Bertrand Russell's theory that definite descriptions are devices of quantification. Paul Elbourne presents the first fully-argued defence of the Fregean view. He builds an explicit fragment of English using a version of situation semantics. He uses intrinsic...
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Pages:262



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