Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions
Donnellan’s distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions gave rise to controversy between semantic and pragmatic accounts of referentially used descriptions. Kaplan adumbrated and Marti elaborated in detail a semantic account that assimilates referentially used de...
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Omsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education
2023-12-01
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| author | E. V. Borisov |
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| description | Donnellan’s distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite
descriptions gave rise to controversy between semantic and pragmatic accounts
of referentially used descriptions. Kaplan adumbrated and Marti elaborated in
detail a semantic account that assimilates referentially used definite descriptions
with proper names in the sense of the theory of direct reference. I argue that the
evidence Kaplan-Marti theory relies on is inappropriate, and conclude that KaplanMarti theory has no advantage over the pragmatic account of referential use in
Donnellan’s sense. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-805bafbb4776488daea22225aeb615ff2025-02-03T10:51:45ZengOmsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher EducationОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"2542-04882541-79832023-12-0184848810.25206/2542-0488-2023-8-4-84-88Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptionsE. V. Borisov0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6587-9616Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of SciencesDonnellan’s distinction between referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions gave rise to controversy between semantic and pragmatic accounts of referentially used descriptions. Kaplan adumbrated and Marti elaborated in detail a semantic account that assimilates referentially used definite descriptions with proper names in the sense of the theory of direct reference. I argue that the evidence Kaplan-Marti theory relies on is inappropriate, and conclude that KaplanMarti theory has no advantage over the pragmatic account of referential use in Donnellan’s sense.https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2023/%D0%A2.8,%20%E2%84%964%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/84-88%20%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%95.%20%D0%92..pdfdefinite descriptionreferential use of definite descriptionsproper namedirect reference theory |
| spellingShingle | E. V. Borisov Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions Омский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность" definite description referential use of definite descriptions proper name direct reference theory |
| title | Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions |
| title_full | Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions |
| title_fullStr | Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions |
| title_short | Kaplan and Marti on definite descriptions |
| title_sort | kaplan and marti on definite descriptions |
| topic | definite description referential use of definite descriptions proper name direct reference theory |
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