Leonard Linsky

Leonard Linsky (November 13, 1922 – August 27, 2012) was an American philosopher of language. He was an Emeritus Professor of the University of Chicago.

Philosophical work
Linsky was best known for work on the theory of reference, and also as an 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.

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.