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Record Nr.

UNISA996208218503316

Autore

Fine Kit

Titolo

Semantic relationism [[electronic resource] /] / Kit Fine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2007

ISBN

1-281-06902-7

9786611069025

0-470-69082-8

0-470-76600-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 p.)

Collana

The Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ; ; 1

Disciplina

401

401.43

Soggetti

Semantics

Semantics (Philosophy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1.Coordination among Variables; A.The Antinomy of the Variable; B.The Tarskian Approach; C.The Rejection of Semantic Role; D.The Instantial Approach; E.The Algebraic Approach; F.The Relational Approach; G.Relational Semantics for First-order Logic; 2.Coordination within Language; A.Frege 's Puzzle; B.Rejecting Compositionality; C.Semantic Fact; D.Closure; E.Referentialism Reconsidered; F.A Relational Semantics for Names; G.Transparency; 3.Coordination within Thought; A.Intentional Coordination; B.Strict Co-representation; C.The Content of Thought

D.The Cognitive Puzzle4.Coordination between Speakers; A.Kripke 's Puzzle; B.Some Related Puzzles; C.A Response; D.A Solution; E.A Deeper Puzzle; F.A Deeper Solution; G.The Role of Variables in Belief Reports; H.Some Semantical Morals; Postscript:Further Work; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine's Semantic Relationism is a major contribution to the philosophy of language.Written by one of today's most respected philosophersArgues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thoughtProposes that there may be representational



relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselvesForms part of the prestigious new Blackwell/Brown Lectures