Mental files / Francois Recanati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Récanati, François, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thought and thinking.

Reference (Philosophy).

Reference (Linguistics).

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Philosophy of mind.

Memory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 282 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

François Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference in language and thought. Linguistic expressions inherit their reference from the files that we associate with them, which are classified according to their function, which is to store information derived through certain types of relation to objects.

Contents:

pt. 1. Singular thought and acquaintance : rejecting descriptivism

pt. 2. Introducing files

pt. 3. The indexical model

pt. 4. Mental files and co-reference

pt. 5. Epistemic transparency

pt. 6. Beyond acquaintance

pt. 7. Vicarious files

pt. 8. The communication of singular thoughts

pt. 9. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2012).

ISBN:

0-19-965999-0

0-19-163546-4

1-299-19583-0

OCLC:

922971766