Language, Names, and Information

Name: Language, Names, and Information
Brand: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
SKU: 9781405161589
Price: 4850 KES
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ISBN: 9781405161589

by Frank Jackson

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Format Hardback

Book Series The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy

ISBN-10 1405161582

ISBN-13 9781405161589

Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Imprint Wiley-Blackwell

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 6th, 2010

Print length 176 Pages

Weight 408 grams

Dimensions 23.90 x 16.30 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: Philosophy of language

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Challenges the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water. This title discusses several topics, including representation and information, two-dimensionalism, possible worlds, and broad versus narrow content.

Language, Names, and Information is an important contribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremost scholars, challenging the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending a version of the description theory from a perspective on language that sees words as a wonderful source of information about the nature of the world we live in. Challenges current pervasive view that the description theory of reference for proper names has been refutedDiscusses several topics at the center of current debates, including representation and information, two-dimensionalism, possible worlds, and broad vs. narrow contentMaintains the conversational and somewhat informal tone of the original lectures upon which the book is based

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