| Course: | PHIL 246, SS 236 |
| Name: | Theory of Descriptions |
| Description: |
This seminar is a detailed study of the four major traditions in the logical treatment of definite descriptions, and the
various motivations thereof; the Frege Tradition, the Russell Tradition, the Hilbert-Bernays Tradition, and the Free
Logic Tradition. One of the major questions the seminar addresses is this: is there a common problem to which the
four traditions can be seen as solutions? Karel Lambert thinks so, and the seminar will examine that view also.
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