Language, Thought and Reference

Zusatztext '[Powell']s project of deposing truth and placing mind instead at the center of meaning is an ambitious and challenging idea! and it would be very interesting to see its further applications' Piotr Stalmaszczyk - Philosophy in Review Informationen zum Autor GEORGE POWELL is a post-doctoral researcher at University College London, UK. He has taught at a number of British universities, and has published papers on pragmatics, semantics and the philosophy of language. He currently lives in Montreal. Klappentext How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching them from within a cognitive framework. Zusammenfassung How should we analyse the meaning of proper names! indexicals! demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching them from within a cognitive framework. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Theoretical Background Proper Names Indexicals Definite Descriptions Complex Demonstratives Conclusion References Index

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Acknowledgements Introduction Theoretical Background Proper Names Indexicals Definite Descriptions Complex Demonstratives Conclusion References Index

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'[Powell']s project of deposing truth and placing mind instead at the center of meaning is an ambitious and challenging idea, and it would be very interesting to see its further applications' Piotr Stalmaszczyk - Philosophy in Review

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• Authors: G Powell, G. Powell, George Powell, POWELL GEORGE
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2010
• EAN: 9780230227958
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22795-8
• No. of pages: 226
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition; Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics; Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics, Language and Cognition; Palgrave Studies in Pragmatics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > Miscellaneous; B, Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Semiotik und Semiologie, Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, Semiotics, Language and Literature, Linguistics, general, Language: reference & general, Language: history & general works, Literary studies: general, Stylistics, Language and languages—Philosophy, Philology, Palgrave Language & Linguistics Collection, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics