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UNINA9910965053503321 |
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Autore |
Soames Scott |
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Titolo |
Beyond rigidity : the unfinished semantic agenda of Naming and Necessity / / Scott Soames |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-514529-1 |
1-280-53181-9 |
9786610531813 |
1-4237-4575-2 |
0-19-803321-4 |
1-60256-971-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (ix, 379 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Description (Philosophy) |
Semantics (Philosophy) |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-372) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity -- 2. Rigid Designation and Its Lessons for the Semantic Contents of Proper Names -- 3. The Meaning of Names -- 4. Ambiguity and Indexicality -- 5. Partially Descriptive Names -- 6. The Problem Posed by Propositional Attitude Ascriptions -- 7. The Case Against Linguistically Enhanced Propositions -- 8. Millian Meaning and Pseudo-Fregean Attitudes -- 9. What Is It for a General Term to Be a Rigid Designator? -- 10. What Do Natural Kind Predicates Have in Common with Proper Names? -- 11. Natural Kind Predicates, Mass Nouns, and Abstract Singular Terms. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Soames introduces a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural-kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. |
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