Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential Use
| Autor: | E. V. Borisov |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Russian |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность", Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 79-82 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2542-0488 2541-7983 |
| DOI: | 10.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-3-79-82 |
| Popis: | Donnellan’s distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions has two explanations — the semantic and the pragmatic one. A version of semantic explanations was outlined by Kaplan and elaborated in detail by Marti. They construe a referentially used definite description as a proper name in the Millian sense. In a recent paper, I showed that the evidence Kaplan–Marti theory relies on is inappropriate with respect to the standard case of referential use, which makes the pragmatic theory preferable. This paper is a continuation of the cited one. Here I examine a number of non-standard cases of referential use and demonstrate that, with respect to them, Kaplan–Marti theory has no advantage over the pragmatic account either. |
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