Aspects of a Theory of Singular Reference: Prolegomena to a Dialectical Logic of Singular Terms

ISBN-13: 9780367420246 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 152 str.

William J. Greenberg

Opis

Originally published in 1985. This detailed study in linguistics and philosophy concerns the problem of treating identity as a relation between an object and itself. It addresses the Russellian and Fregean solutions and goes on to present an alternative.

Spis treści

Abstract of the Dissertation.  Part 1  The problem 1. The Singular Term: An Ambiguous Name 2. Logically Distinct Does Not Mean Logically Independent 3. Belief-context Ambiguity 4. Conclusion  Part 2  The Reference Theory of Meaning 5. The Picture Theory of Language 6. Particular Facts 7. General Facts 8. General Propositions and Propositional Functions 9. The Puzzles 10. Singular Sentences and Particular Propositions 11. Particular Propositions and General Propositions 12. The Particular 13. The Identity-relation

O autorze

William J. Greenberg