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Embedded Definite Descriptions: A Novel Solution to a Familiar Problem
Author(s) -
Pupa Francesco
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
pacific philosophical quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.914
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1468-0114
pISSN - 0279-0750
DOI - 10.1111/papq.12001
Subject(s) - epistemology , computer science , philosophy , mathematical economics , mathematics
Paul Elbourne claims that Russellians cannot accommodate the behavior of certain embedded definite descriptions. Since F regeans can handle such descriptions, E lbourne urges theorists to reject R ussell's theory in favor of F rege's. Here, I show that such descriptions pose no threat to R ussellianism. These descriptions, I argue, are neutral between the two camps.