Leonard Linsky

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.

Leonard Linsky
Born	(1922-11-13)November 13, 1922 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	August 27, 2012(2012-08-27) (aged 89)
Nationality	American
Education
Alma mater	University of California, Berkeley
Thesis	A Study in Meaning: the Interchangeability of Expressions in Non-extensional Contexts (1949)
Philosophical work
Institutions	University of Chicago

Philosophical work

Linsky was best known for work on the theory of reference, and also as a 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

• American philosophy
• List of American philosophers