Reference and Identity in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Scriptures - The Same God?

This book proposes a theory of reference--answering the question of whether Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scriptures refer to the same God--within a semantic framework acceptable to atheists and fideists.

List of contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 - Reference statements

Chapter 2 - Rules for Reference

Chapter 3 - Story Relative Reference

Chapter 4 - Mentioning

Chapter 5 - Identification within History

Chapter 6 - Existence

Chapter 7 - Reference and Identity

Chapter 8 - The God of the Philosophers

Chapter 9 - Identification in the Present

Chapter 10 - Revelation

Chapter 11 - Intentionality

Bibliography

About the Author

About the author

D. E. Buckner taught philosophy at the University of Bristol.

Product details

• Authors: D. E. Buckner, Dean Edward Buckner
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781498587433
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-8743-3
• No. of pages: 250
• Series: Philosophy of Language: Connections and Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Logic, comparative religion, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, Philosophy: logic, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc