Singular Reference: A Descriptivist Perspective
Singular reference to ourselves and the ordinary objects surrounding us is a most crucial philosophical topic, for it looms large in any attempt to understand how language and mind connect to the world. This book explains in detail why in the past philosophers such as Frege, Russell and Reichenbach...
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2010.
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| Series: | Philosophical Studies Series ;
113 |
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| Online Access: | https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3312-3 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Referentialism versus Descriptivism
- 2. Background notions
- 3. Why descriptivism was so successful
- 4. Why Referentialism is so successful
- 5. Definite descriptions and proper names
- 6. Indexicals
- 7. Tense, temporal indexicals and other miscellaneous issues
- 8. Conclusion: accounting for the referentialist data
- Bibliography
- Appendix
- Analytical Index.