Language, Names, and Information
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
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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