Content, Cognition, and Communication : Philosophical Papers II

Nathan U. Salmon

ISBN 10: 0199284725 / ISBN 13: 9780199284726

Published by OUP Oxford, 2007

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Nathan Salmon presents a selection of his essays from the early 1980s to 2006, on a set of closely connected topics central to analytic philosophy. The book is divided into four thematic sections. The first contains six essays on the theme of direct reference, and associated issues regarding names and descriptions, demonstratives and reflexivity. The four essays in the second section, under the heading of apriority, concern particular consequences of Millianism with respect to the semantic-epistemological status of certain special kinds of sentences. The five essays in the third section develop Salmon's project of reconciling Millianism with a host of problems posed by locutions of propositional attitude, especially by attributions of belief. The volume concludes with four essays about the distinction between meaning and use, or more generally, the distinction between semantics and pragmatics. Seller Inventory # 9780199284726

Synopsis:

Nathan Salmon presents a selection of his essays from the early 1980s to 2006, on a set of closely connected topics central to analytic philosophy. The book is divided into four thematic sections. The first contains six essays on the theme of direct reference, and associated issues regarding names and descriptions, demonstratives and reflexivity. The four essays in the second section, under the heading of apriority, concern particular consequences of Millianism with respect to the semantic-epistemological status of certain special kinds of sentences. The five essays in the third section develop Salmon's project of reconciling Millianism with a host of problems posed by locutions of propositional attitude, especially by attributions of belief. The volume concludes with four essays about the distinction between meaning and use, or more generally, the distinction between semantics and pragmatics.

Review: the publication of this book is most welcome. It collects together for the first time a group of papers by one of the most original, provocative and influencial philosophers of language of the last three decades... It is an absolute must for philosophers of language, philosophers of the mind and epistemologists alike, and very warmly recommended to any philosopher with an interest in its topics. I've learnt much from studying the papers included in it, and I'm sure that many other readers will do as well. (Elia Zardini, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Content, Cognition, and Communication : ...
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Taschenbuch
Condition: Neu