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1. Bertrand Russell

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   Philosophy of Language
   Russell developed the Theory of Descriptions, a semantic doctrine addressing how definite descriptions (phrases like "the present King of France") function meaningfully despite lacking referents. His theory demonstrated that descriptions do not function as names but rather as complex logical quantifications, a insight that profoundly influenced subsequent analytic philosophy.
   His work on language anticipated central concerns of later [ordinary language philosophy](/entries/ordinary-language-philos…