Synopsis
Part of the "Oxford Readings in Philosophy" series, this volume presents a selection of the major writings in the debate on the nature of meaning and reference which started 100 years ago with Frege's essay "On Sense and Reference". The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a wide variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniantly available to the university student or the general reader. The editor of each volume contributes an introductory essay on the items chosen, and on the questions with which they deal. Meaning and reference is a crucial topic in the philosophy of language, studied on all philosophy courses. Students are likely to write a series of essays on it, tracing the debate from Frege and Russell to the present. The 14 essays included comprise all the basic reading that the student will need. A.W. Moore's preparation of the volume is informed by his own teaching - his introduction guides the reader around the topic, puts the essays in context and shows how they relate to each other. His bibliography provides a thematic and critical guide to further reading.
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Review
`Since the 1960's, the Oxford Readings in Philosophy have provided an essential service to all teachers of the subject. ... in a colourful and attractive new format, but the essential aim of the series remains unchanged: to introduce students, as gently as is realistically possible, to the best work in a given area. ... the volume on time is very wide-rangingCogito:Winter 1993
`Excellent for my second year undergraduate course - right on the topics - and making central papers easily available.'Martin Bell, University of York
`This is a valuable collection of articles: the quality is outstanding, and the choice is excellent, for courses on the philosophy of language.'David Bell, University of Sheffield
`This is a really excellent book.'Hugh Bredin, Queen's University, Belfast
`It is excellent for teaching the subject in a British University'Dr G. McCulloch, University of Nottingham
`A very useful anthology of seminal essays in this field.'Stephen P. Thornton, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, Ireland
`This is an excellent selection of articles.'R. Fellows, University of Bradford
`Excellent, nicely priced volume with many of the classic texts.'D.E. Cooper, University of Durham
`This is an excellent collection of articles.'Maria Baghramian, University College Dublin
`An extremely useful collection on meaning and reference containing classic papers students ought to read.'Dr C. Macdonald, University of Manchester
About the Author
A. W. Moore is at St Hugh's College, Oxford.
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