Essays on reference, language, and mind / Keith Donnellan ; edited by Joseph Almog and Paolo Leonardi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donnellan, Keith.

Contributor:

Almog, Joseph.

Leonardi, Paolo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, American--20th century.

Philosophy, American.

Philosophy, American--21st century.

Reference (Philosophy).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Philosophy of mind.

Physical Description:

xx, 210 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

Keith Donnellan is one of the major figures in 20th century philosophy of language and mind, a key member of the highly influential group that altered the course of philosophy of language and mind around 1970. An innovative philosopher, Donnellan's primary contributions were published inarticle form rather than books. This volume presents a highly focused collection of articles by Donnellan, beginning with his 1966 groundbreaking "Reference and Definite Descriptions," historically the first move in the direct reference direction.In the late sixties and early 1970's, the philosophy of language and mind went through a paradigm shift, with the then-dominant Fregean theory being questioned by what has come to be known as "the direct reference turn." Donnellan played a key role in this shift, focusing on the relation ofreference - a touchstone in the philosophy of language - and the relation of "thinking about" - a key idea in the philosophy of mind. The debates about the metaphysical and epistemological foundations of direct reference ended up forming the agendas of the philosophies of language and mind.Donnellan's ideas are the heart of such ongoing debates.This volume, which collects his key contributions dating from the late 1960's through the early 1980's alongside an introduction by one of the editors, Joseph Almog, disseminates the work to a new audience and for posterity. This collection will be of interest to philosophers of language and mind,and of contemporary metaphysics and epistemology, as well as of linguistics and cognitive psychology.

Contents:

Reference and definite descriptions

Putting Humpty Dumpty together again

Proper names and identifying descriptions

Speaking of nothing

Speaker reference, descriptions and anaphora

The contingent "a priori" and rigid designators

Kripke and Putnam on natural kind terms.

ISBN:

0199857997

9780199857999

OCLC:

741540922

Publisher Number:

99949593962