Naming and Reference The Link of Word to Object

Informationen zum Autor R.J. Nelson Klappentext First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Nelson looks at how language relates to the world and more particularly at the referring power of names. The first half of the book details the history of the subject from Locke onwards and is followed by Nelson's own reference theory. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1 Introduction 2 Natural Signs 3 Sense and Reference 4 Naming and Describing 5 Truth Without Reference 6 Reference and Speech Act 7 Steps Toward Naturalism 8 Cause and Function 9 Mechanism 10 Direct Reference 11 Mind and Semantics

Product details

• Authors: R. J. Nelson, NELSON R J, R.J. Nelson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 24.09.1992
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics
• EAN: 9780415009393
• ISBN: 978-0-415-00939-3
• Pages: 310
• Series: Problems of Philosophy; Problems of Philosophy
• Subjects: Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / General, Philosophy, Literature: history & criticism, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Literature: history and criticism, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc, cognitive science linguistics, proper names theory, causal theory of reference, computational logic models, algorithmic reference theory