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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Indefinite descriptions"”.
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Descriptions as restricted free variables
… I provide a referential account of definite descriptions, situated in a static framework. According to that analysis, definite descriptions denote free variable complexes that carry assignment restrictions that are determined by their descriptive content. When all variables in the complex are …
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"You" and "I", "now" and "then", and some related thoughts
… This feature sets indexicals apart from definite descriptions like the best soccer team in Europe. I argue that the orthodoxy is wrong: all indexicals are subject to shift, exactly like descriptions. More precisely, indexicals are syntactically akin to logical variables and hence can occur both …