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UNINA9910791727303321 |
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Mackenzie Ian E |
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Titolo |
Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy [[electronic resource]] |
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Thousand Oaks, : SAGE Publications, 1997 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Analysis (Philosophy) |
Linguistics |
Language and languages - Philosophy |
Languages & Literatures |
Philology & Linguistics |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Cover; Contents; Introduction; The Scope of This Book; Some Important Terms; The Structure of the Book; Acknowledgments; Part I - Foundational Issues; Chapter 1 - Meaning and the Nature of Language; 1.1. What is Meaning?; 1.2. Does the Structure of Language Reflect the Structure of the World?; 1.3. Summary; Chapter 2 - The Semantic Conception of Truth; 2.1. No Absolute Truth; 2.2. The Semantic Conception of Truth; 2.3. Summary; Chapter 3 - Logical Truth and Analyticity; 3.1. Unconditional and Contingent Truths; 3.2. Logical Truth; 3.3. Analyticity; 3.4. Summary; Part I: Further Reading |
Part II - NamingChapter 4 - Names, Sense, and Nominatum; 4.1. The Name Relation; 4.2. The Paradox of the Name Relation; 4.3. Solution to the Paradox of the Name Relation; 4.4. Summary; Chapter 5 - The Causal Theory of Names; 5.1. Ordinary Proper Names; 5.2. Modal Sentences; 5.3. Epistemic Sentences; 5.4. Names of Natural Kinds; 5.5. Summary; Part II: Further Reading; Part III - Definite Descriptions; Chapter 6 - Description and Analysis; 6.1. Russell's Theory of Descriptions; 6.2. The Acquisition of the Referential Function; 6.3. Three Additional Puzzles Solved by Russell; 6.4. Scope |
6.5. Wittgenstein6.6. Summary; Chapter 7 - Descriptions as Names; 7.1. The Fregean Theory; 7.2. Referential Descriptions; 7.3. Summary; |
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Part III - Further Reading; Part IV - Nonextensional Contexts; Chapter 8 - Modality; 8.1. What is Logical Modality?; 8.2. Interchangeability and Existential Generalization; 8.3. Necessity as a Semantic Predicate; 8.4. Kripke: Essentialism; 8.5. Frege-Kaplan: The Middle Way; 8.6. The Method of Extension and Intension; 8.7. Summary; Chapter 9 - Propositional Attitudes; 9.1. What are Propositional Attitudes?; 9.2. Interchangeability and Quantifying In |
9.3. Quine9.4. Kaplan: Cognitive Fixes; 9.5. Individuating Attitude Objects; 9.6. Summary; Part IV - Further Reading; Part V - Generality; Chapter 10 - Indefinite Noun Phrases, Fregean Quantifiers, and Class Theory; 10.1. Indefinite Noun Phrases; 10.2. Scope Ambiguities Concerning Indefinite Noun Phrases; 10.3. Logical Analysis of Indefinite Noun Phrases; 10.4. Numerically Definite Quantifiers; 10.5. Expanding the Theory; 10.6. Summary; Part V - Further Reading; References; Index; About the Author |
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Providing an account of major philosophical issues, this essential textbook bridges the gap between linguistics and the philosophy of language. Introduction to Linguistic Philosophy presents the theories of leading linguistic analysts such as Wittgenstein, Frege, Russell, Carnap and Quine. Ian Mackenzie's exploration into these theories prepares readers for advanced work on most topics in semantics and the study of language. His approach to the philosophy of language stresses the importance of observing how language is used rather than assuming that it conforms to a pre-e |
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UNINA9910784392103321 |
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Titolo |
Social structures [[electronic resource] ] : demographic changes and the well-being of older persons / / [edited by] K. Warner Schaie, Peter Uhlenberg |
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New York, : Springer, c2007 |
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1-280-82343-7 |
9786610823437 |
0-8261-0109-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Societal impact on aging series |
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SchaieK. Warner <1928-> (Klaus Warner) |
UhlenbergPeter |
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Older people - United States |
Aging - Social aspects - United States |
Population aging - United States |
Baby boom generation - United States |
United States Population |
United States Emigration and immigration Social aspects |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface; CH 1 Older Immigrants; CH 2 Older Immigrants: Cultural Issues in Access to Health Care (Commentary); CH 3 Immigration and an Aging America: Downward Spiral or Virtuous Circle? (Commentary); CH 4 Population Aging and Benefit Sustainability: The Impact of Baby Boomer Aging on the Health Care System; CH 5 What Havoc Will the Boomers Wreak? (Commentary); CH 6 Demographic Reflections on the Aging of the Baby Boom and Its Implications for Health Care (Commentary); CH 7 Perspectives on the Economic Implications of the Aging of Baby Boomers |
CH 8 Futures for the Baby Boom: Described, Inscribed, and PrescribedCH 9 Immigration Effects on Health Care for Older People; CH 10 Migration and Health Care for Older People: Developing a Global Perspective (Commentary); CH 11 Immigration, Race/Ethnicity, and Health Care (Commentary); CH 12 The Aging of the Second |
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Demographic Transition; CH 13 The Second Demographic Transition, Aging Families, and the Aging of the Institutionalized Life Course (Commentary); CH14 Some Thoughts on Aging, Marriage, and Well-Being in Later Life (Commentary) |
CH 15 The Impact of Demographic Changes on Relations Between Age Groups and Generations: A Comparative PerspectiveCH 16 The Future of Intergenerational Relationships-Variability and Vulnerabilities (Commentary); CH 17 Demographic Transitions, Age, and Culture (Commentary); Author Index; Subject Index |
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Examines the effects of the aging baby boomers in America on health care, migration and immigration and how it can support the tax health care networks, cultural issues regarding access to health care, and changing cultural attitudes towards marriage and family that are affecting the relationships between the elderly and their communities. |
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