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Defensible descriptions

Ewan Klein

pp. 83-102

Abstract

let λxϕ(the ζ) represent a sentence of English containing a definite description the ζ in an extensional position.2 Then the truth conditions of λxϕ(the ζ) are correctly stated by Russell’s theory; i.e. it is true at a world w iff there is exactly one object u which satisfies ζ in w and λxϕ is true of u in w.

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Published in:

Heny Frank (1981) Ambiguities in intensional contexts. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 83-102

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-8377-9_3

Full citation:

Klein Ewan (1981) „Defensible descriptions“, In: F. Heny (ed.), Ambiguities in intensional contexts, Dordrecht, Springer, 83–102.