Reference without Referents

Reference without Referents

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-280

  Sainsbury, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Definite descriptions; Demonstratives; Empty names; Fiction; Frege; Pronouns; Reference; Russell; Semantics; Truth conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921983933     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199241805.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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