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Philosophy of language

analysis on which definite descriptions are not referring expressions but quantified claims about there being exactly one thing of a kind.

In philosophy of language, theory of descriptions refers to analysis on which definite descriptions are not referring expressions but quantified claims about there being exactly one thing of a kind. This meaning comes from Russell (1905) in Mind.[1]

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  1. Russell, B. (1905). Ii.: on Denoting. Mind, XIV(4), 479-493. https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/xiv.4.479

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