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A Cut-Free, Sound and Complete Russellian Theory of Definite Descriptions [PDF]

, 2023
We present a sequent calculus for first-order logic with lambda terms and definite descriptions. The theory formalised by this calculus is essentially Russellian, but avoids some of its well known drawbacks and treats definite description as genuine ...
Kurbis, Nils, Indrzejczak, Andrzej
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Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi, Stefania Troiano, Francesco Marangon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are “Attributive” Uses of Definite Descriptions Really Attributive? [PDF]

, 2006
In this essay I argue that given Donnellan’s formulation of the attributive uses of definite descriptions, as well as Kripke’s [6] and Salmon’s [10] generalized accounts, most uses of definite descriptions that are taken to be attributive turn out not to
Inan, Ilhan
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Climate Change Mitigation in the Dairy Sector: Uncovering Heterogeneity Through Eco‐Efficiency Clubs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Combining climate change goals with economic targets is crucial for the dairy sector, which is a significant contributor to agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions worldwide. In this paper, we assess economic and climate change implications of dairy production with panel data of Irish dairy farms from 2013 to 2021.
Doris Läpple, Christian Stetter, Cathal Buckley   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determined Proper Nouns in Rioplatense Spanish express interpersonal proximity

Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
Following the referentialist view on proper nouns, based on  Kripke (1980),  they are expressions of type ,  pointing out to entities  directly, without providing a description of those  entities (cf.
Carolina Oggiani, Ana Aguilar Guevara
doaj   +1 more source

Die ontstaan van die Samaritane: ’n Kritiese herbesinning

HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1989
The origin of the Samaritans re-examined The traditional approach to the study of the origins of the Samaritans as a group or a nation usually takes 2 Kings 17 to be a description of their origin.
J. G.H. Venter
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A Corpus-Based Investigation of Definite Description Use

, 1998
We present the results of a study of definite descriptions use in written texts aimed at assessing the feasibility of annotating corpora with information about definite description interpretation.
Renata Vieira, Massimo Poesio
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Do Politically Motivated Import Bans Leave Lasting Scars? Evidence From Australian–Chinese Beef Trade

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In May 2020, China abruptly suspended imports from several major Australian beef processors, escalating a diplomatic dispute between the two countries. This trade measure disrupted one of the largest beef export relationships in the world almost overnight.
K. Aleks Schaefer, Youngjune Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Good Man’s Croft

Scottish Studies, 2013
The ‘croft’ of the title is a piece of cultivable land which is left untilled in order to devote it to a supernatural being, one name for whom is the ‘good man’.
Emily Lyle
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Descrizioni definite

, 2013
This paper is an introductory explanation of the concept of definite description that was brought to attention of philosophers since the publication of Bertrand Russell's “On Denoting” in 1905.
Vignolo, Massimiliano
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