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...
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| 言語: | 英語 |
| 出版事項: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
©1990.
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| 要約: | 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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| 記述事項: | "A Bradford book." |
| 物理的記述: | 1 online resource (xiv, 286 pages) |
| フォーマット: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| 書誌: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-281) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585038260 9780585038261 0262140454 9780262140454 |