Meaning, Reference and Necessity - New Studies in Semantics

Klappentext A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. Zusammenfassung A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. There is a core of problems in the theory of meaning which have been accorded a central importance by philosophers! logicians and theoretical linguists! and which have stimulated some of the most powerful and original work in these subjects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The problem of necessary truth E. J. Craig; 2. 'Alternative' in 'alternative logic' Susan Haack; 3. Quantification, modality, and indirect speech Thomas Baldwin; 4. Proper names, reference, and rigid designation Christopher Peacocke; 5. Conversational implicatures Ralph C. S. Walker; 6. The identity of propositions Simon Blackburn; Bibliographical index.

Product details

• Authors: Simon Blackburn, Simon (Pembroke College Blackburn
• Assisted by: Simon Blackburn (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521113502
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11350-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Historical and comparative linguistics