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A companion to the philosophy of language / edited by Bob Hale and Crispin Wright.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Blackwell companions to philosophyPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 1997.ISBN:
  • 0631167579
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 121.68 21
Contents:
1. Meaning and truth conditions: from Frege's grand design to Davidson's / David Wiggins -- 2. Meaning, use, verification / John Skorupski -- 3. Intention and convention / Anita Avramides -- 4. Pragmatics / Charles Travis -- 5. A guide to naturalizing semantics / Barry Loewer -- 6. Meaning and privacy / Edward Craig -- 7. Tacit knowledge / Alexander Miller -- 8. Radical interpretation / Jane Heal -- 9. Propositional attitudes / Mark Richard -- 10. Holism / Christopher Peacocke -- 11. Metaphor / Richard Moran -- 12. Realism and its oppositions / Bob Hale -- 13. Theories of truth / Ralph C. S. Walker -- 14. Analyticity / Paul Artin Boghossian -- 15. Rule-following, objectivity and meaning / Bob Hale -- 16. The indeterminacy of translation / Crispin Wright -- 17. Putnam's model-theoretic argument against metaphysical realism / Bob Hale and Crispin Wright -- 18. Sorites / R. M. Sainsbury and Timothy Williamson -- 19. Modality / Bob Hale -- 20. Essentialism / Graeme Forbes -- 21. Reference and necessity / Robert Stalnaker -- 22. Names and rigid designation / Jason Stanley -- 23. Indexicals and demonstratives / John Perry -- 24. Objects and criteria of identity / E. J. Lowe -- 25. Relative identity / Harold Noonan.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

1. Meaning and truth conditions: from Frege's grand design to Davidson's / David Wiggins -- 2. Meaning, use, verification / John Skorupski -- 3. Intention and convention / Anita Avramides -- 4. Pragmatics / Charles Travis -- 5. A guide to naturalizing semantics / Barry Loewer -- 6. Meaning and privacy / Edward Craig -- 7. Tacit knowledge / Alexander Miller -- 8. Radical interpretation / Jane Heal -- 9. Propositional attitudes / Mark Richard -- 10. Holism / Christopher Peacocke -- 11. Metaphor / Richard Moran -- 12. Realism and its oppositions / Bob Hale -- 13. Theories of truth / Ralph C. S. Walker -- 14. Analyticity / Paul Artin Boghossian -- 15. Rule-following, objectivity and meaning / Bob Hale -- 16. The indeterminacy of translation / Crispin Wright -- 17. Putnam's model-theoretic argument against metaphysical realism / Bob Hale and Crispin Wright -- 18. Sorites / R. M. Sainsbury and Timothy Williamson -- 19. Modality / Bob Hale -- 20. Essentialism / Graeme Forbes -- 21. Reference and necessity / Robert Stalnaker -- 22. Names and rigid designation / Jason Stanley -- 23. Indexicals and demonstratives / John Perry -- 24. Objects and criteria of identity / E. J. Lowe -- 25. Relative identity / Harold Noonan.