How Reference Works - Explanatory Models for Indexicals, Descriptions, and Opacity

If some aspects of human behavior are too murky to see into, others are too close and transparent to examine; one that has eluded both scientists and philosophers is how speakers of natural languages make words and expressions refer to specific objects in the world. Marshalling his expertise in philosophy, computers, and system science (State U. of

About the author

Lawrence D. Roberts is Associate Professor in the Program in Philosophy, Computers, and System Science in the Department of Philosophy at State University of New York at Binghamton.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence D Roberts, Lawrence D. Roberts
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.1993
• EAN: 9780791415757
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-1575-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Weight: 463 g
• Series: Suny Series, Literacy, Culture; Suny Series, Literacy, Culture; Suny Series, Scientific Studie
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics