UID:
almahu_9949223139302882
Format:
1 online resource.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781350180659
Series Statement:
Mind, meaning and metaphysics
Content:
"Dolf Rami contributes to contemporary debates about the meaning and reference of proper names by providing an overview of the theory and developing a new contextualist account of names. Questions about the use and features of proper names are at the centre of philosophy of language. How does a single proper name refer to the same thing in different contexts of use? What makes a thing a bearer of a proper name? What is their meaning? Guided by these questions, Rami discusses Saul Kripke's main contributions to the debate and introduces a new way to capture the rigidity of names, proposing a pluralist version of the causal chain picture. Covering popular contextualist accounts of names, both indexical and variabilist, he presents a use-sensitive alternative based on a semantic comparison between names, pronouns and demonstratives. Extending and applying his approach to a wide variety of uses, including names in fiction, this is a comprehensive explanation of why we should interpret proper names as context-dependent expressions"
Note:
Preface -- Prolegomenon: The Diversity of Uses of Names in Natural Languages -- 1. Proper Names and Rigidity -- 2. Proper Names and Reference Determination 3. Proper Names as Use-Sensitive Expressions -- 4. The Fictional Uses of Proper Names 5. Apparent Predicative Uses of Proper Names -- 6. Apparent Anaphoric Uses of Proper Names -- 7. Proper Names in Hyperintensional Contexts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781350197220
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350180659
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