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Full Idea
If we extend the power of language with plural definite descriptions, these would pick out the largest class of things that fit the description.
Gist of Idea
Plural definite descriptions pick out the largest class of things that fit the description
Source
Keith Hossack (Plurals and Complexes [2000], 3)
Book Ref
-: 'British Soc for the Philosophy of Science' [-], p.416