Abstract
Definite descriptions — Russell declared in Principia Mathematica — are expressions of the form ‘the so and so’, where the word ‘the’ is used in the singular. Such expressions fall into two major classes. Fulfilled definite descriptions are those in which expressions replacing the place-holder ‘so and so’ are true of exactly one existing thing1. Unfulfilled definite descriptions are those whose bases are not true of exactly one existing thing.KeywordsSingular TermDefinite DescriptionComplex PredicatePredicate AbstractionExistent ObjectThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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