Santorio, Paolo2015-12-130031-8116http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72512On a popular view dating back to Russell, descriptions, both definite and indefinite alike, work syntactically and semantically like quantifiers. I have an argument against Russell's view. The argument supports a different picture: descriptions can behaveKeywords: Anaphora; Attitude verbs; De dicto; De re; Descriptions; Variables201310.1007/s11098-013-0095-92016-02-24