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Zusatztext an international team of renowned researchers ... cover an impressive array of theoretical issues. ... It will be of great interest to researchers working on the many subtle challenges which reference puzzles continue to raise in a quest for a uniform and articulated theory of language, thought, and perception. Informationen zum Autor Andrea Bianchi is an Associate Professor in Philosophy of Language at the Università degli Studi di Parma Klappentext What exactly is reference? And how can we characterize the semantic properties involved? Eighteen leading experts address the problems and debates that have arisen from these questions over the last century. They contribute to our understanding of the nature of reference, its role in cognition, and the place it should be given in semantic theory. Zusammenfassung What exactly is reference? And how can we characterize the semantic properties involved? Eighteen leading experts address the problems and debates that have arisen from these questions over the last century. They contribute to our understanding of the nature of reference, its role in cognition, and the place it should be given in semantic theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Open Problems on Reference I. The Nature of Reference 1: Christopher Gauker: The Illusion of Semantic Reference 2: Diego Marconi: Reference and Theories of Meaning as Use 3: Edouard Machery, Justin Sytsma, and Max Deutsch: Speaker's Reference and Cross-Cultural Semantics 4: Genoveva Martí: Reference Without Cognition 5: Andrea Bianchi: Repetition and Reference 6: Michael Devitt: Should Proper Names Still Seem So Problematic? II. Reference and Cognition 7: Antonio Capuano: Thinking About an Individual 8: Marga Reimer: Drawing, Seeing, Referring: Reflections on Macbeth's Dagger 9: John Perry: The Cognitive Contribution of Names III. Reference and Semantics 10: Ernesto Napoli: Names As Predicates? 11: Robin Jeshion: Names Not Predicates 12: Delia G. Fara: 'Literal' Uses of Proper Names 13: Robin Jeshion: A Rejoinder to Fara's 'Literal' Uses of Proper Names' 14: Marco Santambrogio: Empty Names, Propositions, and Attitude Ascriptions 15: Ángel Pinillos: Millianism, Relationism, and Attitude Ascriptions 16: Sam Cumming: The Dilemma of Indefinites 17: Joseph Almog, Paul Nichols, and Jessica Pepp: A Unified Treatment of (Pro-) Nominals in Ordinary English 18: Edward L. Keenan: Individuals Explained Away ...
