LEADER 02803nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910140552303321 005 20170815161444.0 010 $a1-4443-5157-5 010 $a1-283-17803-6 010 $a9786613178039 010 $a1-4443-2536-1 010 $a1-4443-2537-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000031917 035 $a(EBL)547210 035 $a(OCoLC)657635119 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000421744 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11327949 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000421744 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10416009 035 $a(PQKB)10740721 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC547210 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000031917 100 $a20100219d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLanguage, names, and information$b[electronic resource] /$fFrank Jackson 210 $aMalden, MA $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (172 p.) 225 1 $aThe Blackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ;$v3 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4051-6158-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLanguage, 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; Index 330 $aLanguage, Names, and Information is an important contribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremost scholars, challenging the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending a version of the description theory from a perspective on language that sees words as a wonderful source of information about the nature of the world we live in.Challenges current pervasive view that the description theory of reference for proper names has been refutedDiscusses several topics at the center of current debates, including representat 410 0$aBlackwell/Brown lectures in philosophy ;$v3. 606 $aDiscourse analysis 606 $aPsycholinguistics 606 $aConsciousness 606 $aLinguistics$xMethodology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aDiscourse analysis. 615 0$aPsycholinguistics. 615 0$aConsciousness. 615 0$aLinguistics$xMethodology. 676 $a121/.68 676 $a401 700 $aJackson$b Frank$f1943-$0724326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910140552303321 996 $aLanguage, names, and information$92004932 997 $aUNINA