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Ideas for Melvin Fitting, Timon and Scott Soames

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5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / a. Descriptions

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Indefinite descriptions are quantificational in subject position, but not in predicate position [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions

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Recognising the definite description 'the man' as a quantifier phrase, not a singular term, is a real insight [Soames]

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 3. Property (λ-) Abstraction

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λ-abstraction disambiguates the scope of modal operators [Fitting]