02769nam 2200637Ia 450 991083089180332120230725023730.01-4443-5157-51-283-17803-697866131780391-4443-2536-11-4443-2537-X(CKB)2670000000031917(EBL)547210(OCoLC)657635119(SSID)ssj0000421744(PQKBManifestationID)11327949(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421744(PQKBWorkID)10416009(PQKB)10740721(MiAaPQ)EBC547210(EXLCZ)99267000000003191720100219d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage, names, and information[electronic resource] /Frank JacksonMalden, MA Wiley-Blackwell20101 online resource (172 p.)The Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ;3Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-6158-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Language, Names, and Information; Contents; Prologue; Lecture One: The Debate Over the Theory of Reference for Proper Names; Lecture Two: Understanding, Representation, Information; Lecture Three: Ir-content and the Set of Worlds Where a Sentenceis True; Lecture Four: Two Spaceism; Lecture Five: The Informational Value of Names; References; IndexLanguage, Names, and Information is an important contribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremost scholars, challenging the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending a version of the description theory from a perspective on language that sees words as a wonderful source of information about the nature of the world we live in.Challenges current pervasive view that the description theory of reference for proper names has been refutedDiscusses several topics at the center of current debates, including representatBlackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ;3.Discourse analysisPsycholinguisticsConsciousnessLinguisticsMethodologyDiscourse analysis.Psycholinguistics.Consciousness.LinguisticsMethodology.121/.68401Jackson Frank1943-724326MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830891803321Language, names, and information3997468UNINA