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Zusatztext [an] excellent book ...exemplifies today's philosophy of language at its best. Informationen zum Autor John Hawthorne is Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford, having previously been Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His books include Knowledge and Lotteries, Metaphysical Essays, and Relativism and Monadic Truth. David Manley is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His papers have appeared in such journals as Mind, The Journal of Philosophy, NoÃ's, and Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Klappentext How do language and thought connect to things in the world? John Hawthorne and David Manley offer an original and ambitious treatment of the semantic phenomenon of reference and the cognitive phenomenon of singular thought, leading to a new unified account of definite and indefinite descriptions, names, and demonstratives. Zusammenfassung How do language and thought connect to things in the world? John Hawthorne and David Manley offer an original and ambitious treatment of the semantic phenomenon of reference and the cognitive phenomenon of singular thought, leading to a new unified account of definite and indefinite descriptions, names, and demonstratives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Against acquaintance 1: Introduction: reference and singular thought 2: A defense of liberalism 3: Epistemic acquaintance Part II: Beyond acquaintance 4: From the specific to the singular 5: What 'the'? 6: Whither reference? Afterword Bibliography Index
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John Hawthorne is Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at the University of Oxford, having previously been Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. His books include
Knowledge and Lotteries,
Metaphysical Essays, and
Relativism and Monadic Truth.
David Manley is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His papers have appeared in such journals as
Mind,
The Journal of Philosophy,
NoÃ's, and
Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.
