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Abium Nanum

Friday 6 May 2011   Unknown   No Comments

The discussion of definite and indefinite descriptions (phrases of the form ‘the F’ and ‘an F’) has been at the center of analytic philosophy for nearly a century now. The reason that philosophers find these apparently simple expressions so intriguing is that choices made about their proper logical analysis have repercussions that extend far beyond the philosophy of language and philosophy of logic. In Bertrand Russell's hands, for example, the analysis of descriptions became a powerful tool for executing important epistemological and metaphysical projects. Despite the apparent simplicity of definite and indefinite descriptions, the past 100 years has seen heated debates about their proper analysis—ranging from treating them as devices of reference to treating them as devices of quantification to treating them as devices of predication. The theory of descriptions and extensions of the theory of descriptions continue to serve as key points of contention in epistemological and metaphysical debates today.

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