Nondescriptive meaning and reference : an ideational semantics /

Nondescriptive meaning and reference : an ideational semantics /

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Author / Creator:Davis, Wayne A., 1951-
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Description:xiii, 450 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Meaning (Philosophy)
Reference (Philosophy)
Meaning (Philosophy)
Reference (Philosophy)
Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5722976
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Varying Form of Title:Nondescriptive meaning and reference
ISBN:0199261652 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-437) and index.
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Standard no.:9780199261659 (alk. paper)
Table of Contents:
  • I. The Expression Theory of Meaning
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Thoughts
  • 3. Ideas
  • 4. Speaking Meaning and Expression
  • 5. Word Meaning
  • 6. Nondescriptive Meaning
  • II. Reference
  • 7. Reference and Expression
  • 8. Reference and Intention
  • 9. Meaning and Reference
  • III. Names
  • 10. Millian Theories
  • 11. Defences of Millianism
  • 12. Fregean Theories
  • 13. Standard Name Meaning
  • 14. Formal Semantics
  • 15. Rigidity and Identity

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