Descriptions With an Attitude Problem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10691080 |
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| Authors | Murali Ramachandran (0000-0001-5611-518X, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 237 |
| Pages | 721-723 |
| Publication date | 2009-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Philosophical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8094 • E-ISSN: 1467-9213 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9213.2009.616.x |
| OpenAlex | W2799246519 |
| Language | EN |
It is well known that Russell's theory of descriptions has difficulties with descriptions occurring within desire reports. I consider a flawed argument from such a case to the conclusion that descriptions have a referring use, some responses to this argument on behalf of the Russellian, and finally rejoinders to these responses which press the point home
Argument (complex analysis) · Epistemology · Point (geometry) · Mathematics · Medicine · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Philosophy and Theoretical Science · Philosophy, Science, and History · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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