Pragmatism and reference / David Boersema.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boersema, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reference (Philosophy).

Pragmatism.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite a revival of interest in pragmatist philosophy, most work in the analytic philosophy of language ignores insights offered by classical pragmatists & contemporary neopragmatists. This text arues that a pragmatist perspective on reference presents a distinct alternative to the prevailing analytic views on the topic.

Contents:

Introduction

The descriptivist/cluster account

The causal account

A Wittgensteinian account

The big three : Peirce, James, Dewey

Contemporary American : Putnam, Elgin, Rorty

Across the pond : Eco, Apel, Habermas

Individuation and similarity

Haecceities and essentialism

Neptune and nemesis.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-271) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-26206-1

0-262-26888-4

1-4356-6798-0

OCLC:

271349473