 The Austinian answer to implicit domain restrictions was endorsed and developed in Récanati (1986/87, 1996, 2004a) and Cooper 1996. An influential attack on the situation semantics approach to “incomplete” definite descriptions came from Soames 1986, who concluded that “the analysis of definite descriptions is not facilitated by the kind of partiality that situation semantics provides” (Soames 1986, 368). Soames’ reservations against the Austinian approach to domain restrictions come from two major potential counterarguments, both of which are directed against particular implementations of the approach. One of the potential problems discussed by Soames concerns attributive readings of definite descriptions. However, as Soames is careful to note (Soames 1986, 359), this problem does not necessarily affect possibilistic versions of situation semantics. Since Soames’ qualification is not elaborated in his article, it might be useful to look at a concrete example illustrating his point. Suppose the two of us observe a bear crossing the road one night in Glacier National Park. Since it is dark, we can’t see the bear very well, and I say to you: