The Varieties of Reference

Zusatztext `A brilliant example of contemporary analysis ... I would enthusiastically recommend this book to anyone interested in problems of reference! logic! epistemology! philosophy of mind! or existence - and that should be every philosopher.'Philosophical Studies`a powerful! coherent work' Times Literary Supplement Klappentext The discussion in this book range over all the main kinds of referring expressions, starting with the work of Frege and Russell on singular reference. The work is guided by the view that an understanding of how singular thoughts relate to objects is essential for a proper treatment of the linguistic device by which such thoughts are expressed. It will be of interest to psychologist and philosophers of mind as well as to philosophers of language and linguists. Zusammenfassung An edited version of an unfinished text by the philosopher Gareth Evans, in which the author tries to come to terms with contemporary problems surrounding analysis and reference, including epistemology, philosophy of mind and existence.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth Evans, Gareth (late Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy Evans
• Assisted by: John Mcdowell (Editor), John (Professor of Philosophy McDowell (Editor)
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.1982
• EAN: 9780198246862
• ISBN: 978-0-19-824686-2
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 216 mm x 26 mm
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, Philosophy of Mind, Western philosophy from c 1800, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge