Homework for Philosophy 270, Fall 2004

Homework on §8.4—assigned Mon 12/6 and due Wed 12/8

Analyze the following using each of the two approaches to definite descriptions and by treating the relative clause as restrictive and as non-restrictive (i.e., that is, provide 4 analyses):

The car which was restored was sold to Tom

That is, use both Russell's analysis and the description operator to analyze each of:

The car that was restored was sold to Tom
The car, which was restored, was sold to Tom

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