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Description:This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference, the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expression is about. The volume's 41 original chapters, written by many of today's leading philosophers of language, are organized into ten parts:I. Early Descriptive TheoriesII. Causal Theories of ReferenceIII. Causal Theories and Cognitive SignificanceIV. Alternate TheoriesV. Two-Dimensional SemanticsVI. Natural Kind Terms and RigidityVII. The Empty CaseVIII. Singular (de re) ThoughtIX. IndexicalsX. Epistemology of ReferenceContributions consider what kinds of expressions actually refer (names, general terms, indexicals, empty terms, sentences), what referring expressions refer to, what makes an expression refer to whatever it does, connections between meaning and reference, and how we know facts about reference. Many contributions also develop connections between linguistic reference and issues in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy). To get started finding The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This Handbook offers students and more advanced readers a valuable resource for understanding linguistic reference, the relation between an expression (word, phrase, sentence) and what that expression is about. The volume's 41 original chapters, written by many of today's leading philosophers of language, are organized into ten parts:I. Early Descriptive TheoriesII. Causal Theories of ReferenceIII. Causal Theories and Cognitive SignificanceIV. Alternate TheoriesV. Two-Dimensional SemanticsVI. Natural Kind Terms and RigidityVII. The Empty CaseVIII. Singular (de re) ThoughtIX. IndexicalsX. Epistemology of ReferenceContributions consider what kinds of expressions actually refer (names, general terms, indexicals, empty terms, sentences), what referring expressions refer to, what makes an expression refer to whatever it does, connections between meaning and reference, and how we know facts about reference. Many contributions also develop connections between linguistic reference and issues in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of science.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy). To get started finding The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Reference (Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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