'The bang was not as loud as I had expected'.

In §442 of Philosophical Investigations, Wittgenstein criticises the application of Russell's theory of descriptions to the sentence in the title without mentioning Russell or his theory. Wittgenstein is making a general point of wider interest. I have two aims. The first is to situate Wittgenstein'...

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Published in:Philosophical Investigations Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 161 - 175
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Apr2022
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