02998nam 2200601 a 450 991045214240332120200520144314.01-280-84410-80-19-151573-6(CKB)1000000000476648(EBL)430412(OCoLC)252670184(SSID)ssj0000129813(PQKBManifestationID)11144145(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000129813(PQKBWorkID)10078943(PQKB)10392954(MiAaPQ)EBC430412(Au-PeEL)EBL430412(CaPaEBR)ebr10271680(CaONFJC)MIL84410(EXLCZ)99100000000047664820060619d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrContent and modality[electronic resource] themes from the philosophy of Robert Stalnaker /edited by Judith Thomson and Alex ByrneOxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (313 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-928280-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-300) and index.Actors and zombies / Daniel Stoljar -- The Frege-Schlick view / Sydney Shoemaker -- Character before content / Paul M. Pietroski -- Idiolects / Richard G. Heck, Jr. -- There are many things / Vann McGee -- Stalnaker on the interaction of modality with quantification and identity / Timothy Williamson -- Conditional-assertion theories of conditionals / William G. Lycan -- Non-catastrophic presupposition failure / Stephen Yablo -- The story of 'Fred' / Frank Jackson -- Stalnaker and indexical belief / John Perry -- Understanding assertion / Scott Soames -- Responses / Robert Stalnaker.Eleven distinguished philosophers have contributed specially written essays on a set of topics much debated in recent years, including physicalism, qualia, semantic competence, conditionals, presuppositions, two-dimensional semantics, and the relation between logic and metaphysics. All these topics are prominent in the work of Robert Stalnaker, a major presence in contemporary philosophy, in honour of whom the volume is published. It also contains a substantial new essay in which. Stalnaker replies to his critics, and sets out his current views on the topics discussed. - ;Eleven distinguished Modality (Logic)LogicLanguage and languagesPhilosophyElectronic books.Modality (Logic)Logic.Language and languagesPhilosophy.191Thomson Judith Jarvis615126Byrne Alex857973MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452142403321Content and modality1915595UNINA