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Publication details [#2761]

Donnellan, Keith S. 1974. Speaking of nothing. The Philosophical Review 83 : 3–32.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

fiction1 | reference

Annotation

On how the historical explanation theory of reference can handle the problem of apparent reference to the non-existent.

Reprints

Hockney, D.J., W. Harper and B. Freed. 1975. In Hockney, D.J., W. Harper and B. Freed, eds. Contemporary research in philosophical logic and linguistic semantics. Proceedings of a conference held at the university of Western Ontario, London, Canada. D. Reidel. pp. 93–118.

Davis, Steven. 1983. In Davis, Steven, ed. Causal theories of mind: Action, knowledge, memory, perception, and reference. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 337–360.