This paper continues an ongoing debate between Michael Devitt and me on referential uses of definite descriptions. He has argued that definite descriptions have referential meanings, and I have argued that they do not. Having previously rebutted the view that referential uses are akin to particularized conversational implicatures, he now he rebuts the view that they are akin to generalized conversational implicatures. I agree that the GCI is not the best model, but I maintain that in exploiting the quantificational meaning of definite descriptions, referential uses involve a different sort of pragmatic regularity. Also, I try to bolster my objection to Devitt’s claim that the word ‘the’ is semantically ambiguous
The standard Gricean defense of Russell in the face of referential uses of descriptions has been to ...
Michael Devitt (2004, 2007) claims that the predicative material that constitutes complex referentia...
There are two sorts of singular terms for which we have difficulty applying Donnellan’s referential/...
This paper continues an ongoing debate between Michael Devitt and me on referential uses of definite...
grantor: University of TorontoIn "Reference and Definite Descriptions", Keith Donnellan in...
In this paper I respond to the objections put forth by Kresimir Agbaba 22: 1-6) against my earlier p...
Bach fails to give a satisfactory pragmatic account of referential uses of definite descriptions bec...
Amongst those who have analysed definite descriptions as referential, most have considered them to b...
Keith Donnellan (1966) contrasted two uses of definite descriptions, the referential and the attribu...
I enumerate the main disagreements between Devitt and me, and then elucidate the most fundamental on...
In this essay I argue that given Donnellan’s formulation of the attributive uses of definite descrip...
The semantics of definite descriptions has been a central topic in philosophy of language ever since...
Definite descriptions (e.g. 'The king of France in 1997', 'The teacher of Aristotle') do not stand f...
The scope of this short paper is to show that the examples İlhan İnan uses to undermine Donnellan’...
In this thesis I investigate Donnellan’s Referential / Attributive distinction (R/A distinction); a...
The standard Gricean defense of Russell in the face of referential uses of descriptions has been to ...
Michael Devitt (2004, 2007) claims that the predicative material that constitutes complex referentia...
There are two sorts of singular terms for which we have difficulty applying Donnellan’s referential/...
This paper continues an ongoing debate between Michael Devitt and me on referential uses of definite...
grantor: University of TorontoIn "Reference and Definite Descriptions", Keith Donnellan in...
In this paper I respond to the objections put forth by Kresimir Agbaba 22: 1-6) against my earlier p...
Bach fails to give a satisfactory pragmatic account of referential uses of definite descriptions bec...
Amongst those who have analysed definite descriptions as referential, most have considered them to b...
Keith Donnellan (1966) contrasted two uses of definite descriptions, the referential and the attribu...
I enumerate the main disagreements between Devitt and me, and then elucidate the most fundamental on...
In this essay I argue that given Donnellan’s formulation of the attributive uses of definite descrip...
The semantics of definite descriptions has been a central topic in philosophy of language ever since...
Definite descriptions (e.g. 'The king of France in 1997', 'The teacher of Aristotle') do not stand f...
The scope of this short paper is to show that the examples İlhan İnan uses to undermine Donnellan’...
In this thesis I investigate Donnellan’s Referential / Attributive distinction (R/A distinction); a...
The standard Gricean defense of Russell in the face of referential uses of descriptions has been to ...
Michael Devitt (2004, 2007) claims that the predicative material that constitutes complex referentia...
There are two sorts of singular terms for which we have difficulty applying Donnellan’s referential/...