Descriptions
In 1905, Bertrand Russell argued that certain logical puzzles are solved if definite descriptions are treated as quantified expressions rather than referential expression, as Frege had thought. Since then, philosophers and, more recently, linguists have debated the relevance of this paradigm to the study of the semantics of natural language. In Descriptions, Stephen Neale provides the first sustained defense and extension of Russell's theory, placing it in the center of a theory of singular and…
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- Full title :Descriptions / Stephen Neale.
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In 1905, Bertrand Russell argued that certain logical puzzles are solved if definite descriptions are treated as quantified expressions rather than referential expression, as Frege had thought. Since then, philosophers and, more recently, linguists have debated the relevance of this paradigm to the study of the semantics of natural language. In Descriptions, Stephen Neale provides the first sustained defense and extension of Russell's theory, placing it in the center of a theory of singular and nonsingular descriptive phrases and anaphoric pronouns -- Provided by the publisher.
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- Publication Date:©1990.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):MIT Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge, Mass
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1990.
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"A Bradford book."
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0585038260, 9780585038261
- oclc:ocm42330503
- LC Classification:P106
- Dewey Decimal:121/.68
Table of Contents
Introduction -- The Theory of Descriptions -- Context and Communication -- Scope, Substitutivity, and Opacity -- Pronouns and Anaphora -- Further Notes on Descriptive Anaphora.
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