Reference and Structure in the Philosophy of Language: A Defense of the Russellian Orthodoxy

ISBN-13: 9780415634007 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 180 str.

Arthur Sullivan

Opis

This volume investigates the precise contours of the connections between two foundational concepts: reference (the means of semantically expressing singular or object-dependent information) and structure (the having or lacking of meaningful sub-parts).

Spis treści

Part A: Framing the Project  1. Two distinctions within the category of designators  2. Further defining the central theses  Part B: Rigid Designation, Proper Names, and Structure  3. Structure and rigidity  4. Structure and naming  Part C: The prima facie counterexamples  Interlude: Interim review and a look ahead  5. Referential uses of denoting expressions  6. Complex referring expressions  Part D: Conclusions  7. Summary, Overview, and General Morals

O autorze

Arthur Sullivan is Associate Professor and Head of Department of Philosophy at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.