Kenneth A Taylor

Referring to the World

An Opinionated Introduction to the Theory of Reference

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a contribution to ongoing debates in the philosophy of language about reference and truth. The ideas discussed have been important not only in philosophy but in logic, linguistics, psychology, computer science and other areas concerned with thought and communication. Taylor was an important philosopher and led Stanford's influential Symbolic Systems Program, graduates of which are leaders in Silicon Valley. The book is not elementary, but it presents rich and subtle products of his years of thought on important topics with many examples and clear discussions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780195144741
• ISBN-10: 0195144740
• Artikelnr.: 61462614

Autorenporträt

Kenneth A. Taylor was Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University from 1995 until his death in 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1: The Mystery of Reference and Objective Representational
Content
* Chapter 2: Inner Fitness and Outer Cause: The Two Factors of Content
* Chapter 3: Against Jazz Combo Theories of Meaning and Reference
* Chapter 4: Puzzles of Coreference: Theme and Variations
* Chapter 5: Concepts, Conceptions in the Psychology of the Referring
Mind
* Chapter 6: Representing Representations: The Priority of the De Re
* Chapter 7: The Things We Do With Empty Names
* Works Cited