philosophy lang following book readers list might find interest information please visit http mitpress mit edu promotions books ostdps98 definite descriptions reader edited gary ostertag bertrand russell theory definite descriptions sparked ongoing debate concerning proper logical linguistic analysis definite descriptions widely acknowledged like indexical expressions definite descriptions natural language contextsensitive significant disagreement ultimate challenge contextsensitivity poses russell theory reader intended introduce students philosophy language via theory descriptions provide scholars analytic philosophy ready access central contributions area includes classic works russell carnap strawson lambert donnellan grice peacocke kripke wettstein soames neale schiffer gary ostertag visiting scholar department philosophy new york university bradford book august 1998 6 x 9 448 pp paper isbn 0262 65049 5 jud wolfskill associate publicist phone 617 2532079 mit press fax 617 2531709 five cambridge center e mail wolfskil mit edu ambridge 021421493 http mitpress mit edu