"A masterful summary of current linguistic and semantic theory. . . . Neale has combined recent developments in semantics. linguistics, and philosophical logic into a systematic and stylishly presented position. This is the book to read to find the latest on the theory of reference." -- Bernard Linsky, "Dialogue" Stephen Neale provides the first sustained defense, extension, and application of Bertrand Russell's Theory of Descriptions. He systematically critiques traditional arguments against this paradigm of philosophy and lucidly demontrates its importance to contemporary theories of syntax and semantics and to philosophical inquiry.
- ISBN10 0585038260
- ISBN13 9780585038261
- Publish Date December 1993 (first published 4 October 1993)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint MIT Press Ltd
- Edition [Pbk. e.
- Format eBook
- Language English