Leonard Linsky | |
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| Born | November 13, 1922 |
| Died | August 27, 2012 (aged 89) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | A Study in Meaning: the Interchangeability of Expressions in Non-extensional Contexts (1949) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Institutions | University of Chicago |
Leonard Linsky (November 13, 1922 – August 27, 2012) was an American philosopher of language. He was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Chicago.
Linsky was best known for work on the theory of reference, and also as a historian of early analytical philosophy. He is often cited as an example of the "orthodox view" in the theory of reference. He questioned the "intensional isomorphism" concept of Rudolf Carnap.