Referential Descriptions: A Note on Bach

Bach fails to give a satisfactory pragmatic account of referential uses of definite descriptions because he does not explain how a description’s quantificational meaning plays a “key role” in those uses. Bach’s criticism that my semantic account does not explain how the hearer understands a descri...

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Main Author:	Michael Devitt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2007-01-01
Series:	European Journal of Analytic Philosophy
Subjects:	Definite descriptions indefinite descriptions referential uses attributive uses implicatures demonstrativesl
Online Access:	https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/137199

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description	Bach fails to give a satisfactory pragmatic account of referential uses of definite descriptions because he does not explain how a description’s quantificational meaning plays a “key role” in those uses. Bach’s criticism that my semantic account does not explain how the hearer understands a description is misguided. Bach’s denial that a pragmatic account is committed to the attributive use being more fundamental detaches meaning from use in an unacceptable way.
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Referential Descriptions: A Note on Bach

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