On a popular view dating back to Russell, descriptions, both definite and indefinite alike, work syntactically and semantically like quantifiers. I have an argument against Russell's view. The argument supports a different picture: descriptions can behav
A consequence of Russell's Theory of Descriptions is that non-indicative sentences (questions and im...
indefinite descriptions should be given a uniform semantic treatment as predicates rather than as qu...
The topic of this paper is the logical analysis and translation of definite descriptions (structures...
In this paper I revisit the main arguments for a predicate analysis of descriptions in order to dete...
This paper argues against the Russellian theory of definite descrip-tions. In contending that this t...
Russell argued, famously, that definite descriptions are not logical constituents of the sentences i...
I contend that alongside the official analysis of sentences containing defi-nite descriptions propos...
A recent topic in the study of descriptions is the possibility of dropping uniqueness from the seman...
The proper statement and assessment of Russell’s theory depends on one’s semantic presuppositions. A...
For Russell, a simple sentence containing a description, the F, is true only if a single object sa...
Definite descriptions (e.g. \u27The king of France in 1997\u27, \u27The teacher of Aristotle\u27) do...
I want to discuss a certain argument for the claim that definite descriptions are ambiguous between ...
Russell’s ‘On Denoting’ contained a powerfully presented form of what later was called the ‘Theory o...
A Russellian theory of (definite) descriptions takes an utterance of the form 'The F is G' to expres...
This paper reexamines some examples, discussed by Mates and others, of sentences containing both def...
A consequence of Russell's Theory of Descriptions is that non-indicative sentences (questions and im...
indefinite descriptions should be given a uniform semantic treatment as predicates rather than as qu...
The topic of this paper is the logical analysis and translation of definite descriptions (structures...
In this paper I revisit the main arguments for a predicate analysis of descriptions in order to dete...
This paper argues against the Russellian theory of definite descrip-tions. In contending that this t...
Russell argued, famously, that definite descriptions are not logical constituents of the sentences i...
I contend that alongside the official analysis of sentences containing defi-nite descriptions propos...
A recent topic in the study of descriptions is the possibility of dropping uniqueness from the seman...
The proper statement and assessment of Russell’s theory depends on one’s semantic presuppositions. A...
For Russell, a simple sentence containing a description, the F, is true only if a single object sa...
Definite descriptions (e.g. \u27The king of France in 1997\u27, \u27The teacher of Aristotle\u27) do...
I want to discuss a certain argument for the claim that definite descriptions are ambiguous between ...
Russell’s ‘On Denoting’ contained a powerfully presented form of what later was called the ‘Theory o...
A Russellian theory of (definite) descriptions takes an utterance of the form 'The F is G' to expres...
This paper reexamines some examples, discussed by Mates and others, of sentences containing both def...
A consequence of Russell's Theory of Descriptions is that non-indicative sentences (questions and im...
indefinite descriptions should be given a uniform semantic treatment as predicates rather than as qu...
The topic of this paper is the logical analysis and translation of definite descriptions (structures...
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