Referential Mechanics Direct Reference And The Foundations Of Semantics
Joseph Almog · 2014
Where to buy
Check today’s price on Amazon. We do not show prices because they change daily.
View on AmazonAffiliate link. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
About the book
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.
Book details
- Year
- 2014
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 144
- ISBN
- 9780199314379
Data source: Wikidata
More by Joseph Almog
