Definite descriptions and negative existential quantifiers
Previous theorists have claimed that Russell’s theory of definite descriptions gives the wrong truth conditions to sentences in which definite descriptions are embedded under certain other operators; but the other operators used, such as conditionals and propositional attitude verbs, have introduced...
Main Author: | Elbourne, P |
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Format: | Journal article |
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Springer Netherlands
2017
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