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Definite Descriptions: A Reader,New
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This Reader Is Intended Both To Introduce Students To The Philosophy Of Language Via The Theory Of Descriptions, And To Provide Scholars In Analytic Philosophy With Ready Access To Some Of The Central Contributions In This Area.Bertrand Russell'S Theory Of Definite Descriptions Sparked An Ongoing Debate Concerning The Proper Logical And Linguistic Analysis Of Definite Descriptions. While It Is Now Widely Acknowledged That, Like The Indexical Expressions 'I', 'Here', And 'Now', Definite Descriptions In Natural Language Are Contextsensitive, There Is Significant Disagreement As To The Ultimate Challenge This Contextsensitivity Poses To Russell'S Theory. This Reader Is Intended Both To Introduce Students To The Philosophy Of Language Via The Theory Of Descriptions, And To Provide Scholars In Analytic Philosophy With Ready Access To Some Of The Central Contributions In This Area. It Includes Classic Works By Russell, Carnap, Strawson, Lambert, Donnellan, Grice, Peacocke, Kripke, Wettstein, Soames, Neale, And Schiffer.
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