Russell Versus Donnellan on Descriptions

IF 0.3 4区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

RUSSELL-THE JOURNAL OF THE BERTRAND RUSSELL STUDIES Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.15173/russell.v42i1.5210

W. J. Pollock

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Abstract

Abstract:The paper argues that Donnellan's distinction between the referential and attributive uses of definite descriptions, whilst a genuine feature of language, does not count against Russell's Theory of Descriptions where Russell's theory is regarded as a theory of the semantics of descriptions and not the pragmatics of individual uses on a particular occasion. The argument I shall present is simple but decisive and ought to resolve once and for all the debate about the significance of Donnellan's distinction for Russell's theory, provided of course that Russell's theory really does concern the semantics of definite descriptions rather than their use on particular occasions.

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罗素与唐纳伦的描写

摘要:本文认为，Donnellan对确定描述的指称用法和定语用法的区分虽然是语言的真正特征，但并不违背罗素的描述理论。罗素的描述理论被认为是描述的语义学理论，而不是特定场合下个体用法的语用学理论。我要提出的论点很简单，但很有决定性，它应该能一劳永逸地解决关于唐纳兰的区分对罗素理论的意义的争论，当然，前提是罗素的理论确实关注的是确定描述的语义，而不是它们在特定场合的使用。

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期刊介绍： Russell: the Journal of Bertrand Russell Studies is published semiannually, in the summer and the winter, by The Bertrand Russell Research Centre, McMaster University. Both print and electron ic editions are published. From 1971 until 1999 Russell was titled Russell: the Journal of the Bertrand Russell Archives and was published first by McMaster University Library Press (1971–96) and then by McMaster University Press (1997–99). The ISSN of the print edition is 0036-0163; that of the electronic edition, 1913-8032. Russell is published with the assistance of grants from the Aid to Journals programme of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and from McMaster’s Faculty of Humanities.