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referential-attributive distinction: a standalone construct

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referential-attributivedistinction1 CONSTRUCTReferential-attributiveDONNELLAN · PHILOSOPHY OF

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Philosophy of language

distinction between using a definite description to pick out a particular thing and using it to say something about whatever fits it.

In philosophy of language, referential-attributive distinction refers to distinction between using a definite description to pick out a particular thing and using it to say something about whatever fits it. This meaning comes from Donnellan (1966) in The Philosophical Review.[1]

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  1. Donnellan, K. S. (1966). Reference and Definite Descriptions. The Philosophical Review, 75(3), 281. https://doi.org/10.2307/2183143

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