Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential Use
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...
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj-art-7e606ca17a9a4f658bfc55106b8690752025-02-02T23:13:55ZengOmsk State Technical University, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher EducationОмский научный вестник: Серия "Общество. История. Современность"2542-04882541-79832024-09-0193798210.25206/2542-0488-2024-9-3-79-82Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential UseE. 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 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.https://www.omgtu.ru/general_information/media_omgtu/journal_of_omsk_research_journal/files/arhiv/2024/%D0%A2.9,%20%E2%84%96%203%20(%D0%9E%D0%98%D0%A1)/79-82%20%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2%20%D0%95.%20%D0%92..pdfkaplanmartidefinite descriptionproper namereferential use of definite descriptionsnon-standard cases of referential use |
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| title | Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential Use |
| title_full | Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential Use |
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| title_short | Kaplan and Marti on Definite Descriptions: Non-Standard Cases of Referential Use |
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