Gareth Evans

British philosopher who, before dying at 34, produced one of the most important works in the philosophy of language and mind — The Varieties of Reference — developing a neo-Fregean account of singular thought.

Russell's Principle: to entertain a singular thought about an object, one must know which object it is — one must have discriminating knowledge. Fundamental Idea: singular thought requires an information-based link to the object. Developed the distinction between object-dependent and descriptive thought.