About Leonard Linsky
Lived 1922 – 2012 (aged 89). Leonard Linsky was an American philosopher and historian.
Leonard Linsky (November 13, 1922 – August 27, 2012) was an American philosopher of language. He was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Chicago.
Philosophical work Linsky was best known for work on the theory of reference, and also as a historian of early analytical philosophy. He is often cited as an example of the "orthodox view" in the theory of reference. He questioned the "intensional isomorphism" concept of Rudolf Carnap.
Books Authored Referring, London: Routledge & Keagan Paul, 1967. Names and Descriptions, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977. Oblique Contexts, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Edited
Semantics and the Philosophy of Language: A Collection of Readings, Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1952. Reference and Modality (Oxford Readings in Philosophy), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971.
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American philosopher
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Leonard Linsky was born on 13 November 1922 in Chicago, Illinois.
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Leonard Linsky died on 27 August 2012.
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Leonard Linsky was a philosopher and historian.
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