the tallest man in the world died on september 10, 1983.
the tallest man in the world died on september 10, 1983.
when did the tallest man in the world die?
september 10, 1983
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consider the sentence "jana wants to marry the tallest man in fulsom county". it could be read either "de dicto" or "de re"; the meanings would be different. one interpretation is that jana wants to marry the tallest man in fulsom county, whoever he might be. on this interpretation, what the statement tells us is that jana has a certain unspecific desire; what she desires is for "jana is marrying the tallest man in fulsom county" to be true. the desire is directed at that situation, regardless of how it is to be achieved. the other interpretation is that jana wants to marry a certain man, who in fact happens to be the tallest man in fulsom county. her desire is for "that man", and she desires herself to marry "him". the first interpretation is the "de dicto" interpretation, because jana's desire relates to the words "the tallest man in fulsom country", and the second interpretation is the "de re" interpretation, because jana's desire relates to the man those words refer to.
de dicto and de re