SHARVY'S THEORY OF DEFINITE DESCRIPTIONS REVISITED

  1. BERIT BROGAARD

Article first published online: 11 MAY 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00285.x

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Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Pacific Philosophical Quarterly

Volume 88, Issue 2, pages 160–180, June 2007

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BROGAARD, B. (2007), SHARVY'S THEORY OF DEFINITE DESCRIPTIONS REVISITED. Pacific Philosophical Quarterly, 88: 160–180. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-0114.2007.00285.x

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  1. Department of Philosophy University of Missouri-St. Louis

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  1. Issue published online: 11 MAY 2007
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Abstract:  The paper revisits Sharvy's theory of plural definite descriptions. An alternative account of plural definite descriptions building on the ideas of plural quantification and non-distributive plural predication is developed. Finally, the alternative is extrapolated to account for generic uses of definite descriptions.

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