Philosophical and Linguistic Analyses of Reference

ISBN-13: 9783631662649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 244 str.

Piotr Stalmaszczyk

Opis

A collection of papers that provide philosophical and linguistic analyses of reference. It discusses topics discussed include different types of reference, problems of identity, indexicality, reference fixing and descriptions. It also discuss the approaches proposed by Gottlob Frege, Donald Davidson, and Saul Kripke.

Spis treści

Contents: Philosophy of language - Linguistics - Sense - Reference - Events - Proper names - Identity - Indexicality - Context - Vagueness - Faultless disagreement - Semantics - Max Black - Gottlob Frege - Donald Davidson - Hausa.

O autorze

Piotr Stalmaszczyk is a Professor of English language and linguistics at the University of Lódz (Poland), where he holds the Chair of English and General Linguistics. His research is concerned predominantly with linguistic methodology and the philosophy of language and linguistics. He has edited several volumes on semantics, pragmatics, linguistic methodology, philosophy of language, and on the legacy of Frege, Russell, and Wittgenstein.