Leonard Linsky Explained
| Leonard Linsky |
| Birth Date: | November 13, 1922 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Nationality: | American |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Berkeley |
| Institutions: | University of Chicago |
| Thesis Title: | A Study in Meaning: the Interchangeability of Expressions in Non-extensional Contexts |
| Thesis Url: | https://berkeley.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01UCS_BER/1thfj9n/alma991022763799706532 |
| Thesis Year: | 1949 |
| Doctoral Advisors: | )--> |
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.
Philosophical work
Linsky 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
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.
See also
Further reading
- 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.
Notes and References
- Web site: LEONARD LINSKY Obituary: View LEONARD LINSKY's Obituary by Chicago Tribune . Legacy.com . 2012-08-27 . 2012-09-10.
- Web site: Emeritus Faculty | The Department of Philosophy | The University of Chicago Division of the Humanities . Philosophy.uchicago.edu . 2012-09-10.
- Book: Salmon, Nathan U. . Reference and Essence . Princeton, NJ . Princeton University Press . 1981 . 11 . 0-691-07264-7 .
- Book: Stroll, Avrum . Twentieth-century Analytic Philosophy . Stroll, New York . Columbia University Press . 2000 . 83 . 0-231-11220-3 .
