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Descrizioni definite
Vignolo, Massimiliano
2013
Abstract
This paper is an introductory explanation of the concept of definite description that was brought to attention of philosophers since the publication of Bertrand Russell's “On Denoting” in 1905. The introduction focuses on the semantics of definite descriptions. After presenting the Russellian theory of definite descriptions and the way it is nowadays interpreted in terms of restricted quantifiers, the paper addresses the main objections raised against it and presents an assessment of the Contextualist theory of definite descriptions.
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Publisher
EUT Edizioni Università di Trieste
Source
Massimiliano Vignolo, "Descrizioni definite", in "APhEx 8", 2013, pp. 53
Languages
it
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