| Description |
xv, 399 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
I. Fregean Beginnings. 1. A Puzzle. 2. Sense as a Criterion of Identification of a Reference. 3. Empty Names. 4. Sentences as Referring Expressions. 5. Further Consequences of Compositionality. 6. Oblique Contexts. 7. Thoughts -- II. Definite Descriptions and Other Objects of Wonder. 1. Russell's Theory of Descriptions. 2. Descriptions in the Syntax of English. 3. Strawson's Criticisms of Russell. 4. The Referential-Attributive Distinction. 5. Descriptions, Pronouns, and Anaphora -- III. Truth and Meaning: The Tarskian Paradigm. 1. Tarski's Theory of Truth. 2. Tarski and the Semantics of Natural Language: Problems and Prospects -- IV. Foundations of Intensional Semantics. 1. Hallmarks of Intensionality. 2. Intensions. 3. Names and Descriptions Again. 4. Satisfaction and Truth in Quantified Modal Logic. 5. A Brief Guide to the Metaphysics of Modality. 6. The Need Question Reconsidered -- V. Language and Context. 1. A Challenge to Fregean Semantics |
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2. Content vs. Character; Circumstance vs. Context. 3. Indexicals as Expressions of Direct Reference. 4. Character, Content, and Propositional Attitudes. 5. Kaplan on Demonstratives -- VI. Language in Action. 1. Preliminaries. 2. Grice on Meaning and Intention. 3. An Illustrative Taxonomy of Illocutionary Acts. 4. Conversational Implicature. 5. Presupposition Again |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p382-389. _ Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [382]-389) and index |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
97022301 |
| ISBN |
1577180488 alkaline paper |
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1577180496 paperback alkaline paper |
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