Quantifiers and context-dependence
Let DDQ be the thesis that definite descriptions are quantifiers. Philosophers often deny DDQ because they believe that quantifiers do not depend on context in certain ways, ways in which definite descriptions do depend on context. In this paper, we examine one such argument, which, if sound, would...
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| description | Let DDQ be the thesis that definite descriptions are quantifiers. Philosophers often deny DDQ because they believe that quantifiers do not depend on context in certain ways, ways in which definite descriptions do depend on context. In this paper, we examine one such argument, which, if sound, would entail the negation of DDQ.We show that this argument fails, and draw some consequences from its failure. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:b55fad46-8d79-4b1a-b03f-68ac0aa9de642022-03-27T04:32:59ZQuantifiers and context-dependenceJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:b55fad46-8d79-4b1a-b03f-68ac0aa9de64PhilosophyEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetBlackwell Publishing1995Stanley, JWilliamson, TAnalysis TrustLet DDQ be the thesis that definite descriptions are quantifiers. Philosophers often deny DDQ because they believe that quantifiers do not depend on context in certain ways, ways in which definite descriptions do depend on context. In this paper, we examine one such argument, which, if sound, would entail the negation of DDQ.We show that this argument fails, and draw some consequences from its failure. |
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| title | Quantifiers and context-dependence |
| title_full | Quantifiers and context-dependence |
| title_fullStr | Quantifiers and context-dependence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quantifiers and context-dependence |
| title_short | Quantifiers and context-dependence |
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