Leonard Linsky (November 13, 1922 – August 27, 2012)[1] was an American philosopher of language. He was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Chicago.
Leonard Linsky | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 13, 1922 |
| Died | August 27, 2012 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
| Thesis | A Study in Meaning: the Interchangeability of Expressions in Non-extensional Contexts (1949) |
Philosophical work
editLinsky was best known for work on the theory of reference, and also as an historian of early analytical philosophy.[2] He is often cited as an example of the "orthodox view" in the theory of reference.[3] He questioned the "intensional isomorphism" concept of Rudolf Carnap.[4]
Books
editAuthored
edit- Referring, London: Routledge & Keagan Paul, 1967.
- Names and Descriptions, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1977.
- Oblique Contexts, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983.
Edited
edit- 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.
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ "LEONARD LINSKY Obituary: View LEONARD LINSKY's Obituary by Chicago Tribune". Legacy.com. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ "Emeritus Faculty | The Department of Philosophy | The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities". Philosophy.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
- ^ Salmon, Nathan U. (1981). Reference and Essence. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 11. ISBN 0-691-07264-7.
- ^ Stroll, Avrum (2000). Twentieth-century Analytic Philosophy. Stroll, New York: Columbia University Press. p. 83. ISBN 0-231-11220-3.
Further reading
edit- William Tait (ed.), Early Analytic Philosophy: Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein; Essays in Honor of Leonard Linsky, Chicago, Ill.: Open Court, 1997.
- "Leonard Linsky”, article in Dictionary of Contemporary American Philosophers, Bristol: Thoemmes Press, 2005.
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