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Are indefinite descriptions ambiguous?

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  1. Department of Philosophy, California State University, San Bernardino, 5500 University Parkway, 92407-2397, San Bernardino, CA, USA

    Jeffrey C. King

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I have benefited greatly from discussing the issues addressed in this paper with Michael Liston, John Vickers and Mark Wilson.

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King, J.C. Are indefinite descriptions ambiguous?. Philosophical Studies 53, 417–440 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00353515

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