Referential mechanics : direct reference and the foundations of semantics / Joseph Almog.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Almog, Joseph, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reference (Philosophy).

Semantics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 144 pages)

Other Title:

Direct reference and the foundations of semantics

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume is focused on understanding a key idea in modern semantics - direct reference - and its integration into a general semantics for natural language. In the first three chapters, foundational analyses from three philosophers - Saul Kripke, David Kaplan and Keith Donnellan - are dissected in detail. The differences between their respective ideas lead to varying consequences in the philosophy of mind, the metaphysics of necessity, and the epistemological idea of a priori knowledge. In the last chapter, two central puzzles said to threaten direct reference are raised.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Direct Reference by Designation 3

Chapter 2 Direct Reference by Singular Proposition 35

Chapter 3 Direct Reference by Referential Uses 61

Chapter 4 Foundational Consequences: The Form of Semantics 87.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version

ISBN:

0-19-934948-7

0-19-931437-3

OCLC:

881476209