Language, mind, and ontology / edited by James E. Tomberlin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tomberlin, James E., 1942-

Series:

Philosophical perspectives ; 12.

Philosophical perspectives, 0029-4624 ; 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ontology.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

vii, 509 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston, MA : Blackwell, [1998]

Summary:

This new volume in the respected Philosophical Perspectives series contains original contributions by leading scholars, who examine the following areas: Intensionality and Intentionality; Language, Ontology, and Truth; Rule-Following; The Nature of the Mental; Consciousness and Qualia: A Symposium; and Naturalism and Actualism: An Exchange. Published annually, this book brings together original and first-rate articles written by leading scholars in the field of philosophy.

Contents:

Computer proof, apriori knowledge, and other minds / Tyler Burge

Subject verb object class I / Joseph Almog

Subject verb object class II / Joseph Almog

Why holism is harmless and necessary / Akeel Bilgrami

Actions, norms, and practical reasoning / Robert Brandom

Semantics for opaque contexts / Kirk Ludwig and Greg Ray

Proportionality and mental causation : a fit? / Matthew McGrath

Identity and general similarity / Harry Deutsch

Reference and description revisited / Frank Jackson

Some reflections on the sport of language / Mark Norris Lance

Three norms of assertibility, or how the MOA became extinct / Huw Price

Commitment / Mark Richard

Rules and powers / C.B. Martin and John Heil

Facts, truth conditions, and the skeptical solution to the rule-following paradox / Scott Soames

Numbers, minds, and bodies : a fresh look at mind-body dualism / John O'Leary-Hawthorne and Jeffrey K. McDonough

Mind the gap / David Papineau

Broadness of the mental : some logical considerations / Timothy Williamson

Division of phenomenal labor : a problem for representational theories of consciousness / Karen Neander

Narrow representationalist account of qualitative experience / Georges Rey

Inverted earth, swampman, and representationism / Michael Tye

In defense of the representational theory of qualia (replies to Neander, Rey, and Tye) / William G. Lycan

Naturalism, actualism, and ontology / James E. Tomberlin

Putting metaphysics first : a response to James Tomberlin / Michael Devitt

Actualism, quantification, and contextual semantics / Terence Horgan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

063121206X

9780631212065

0631212078

9780631212072

OCLC:

40939568