LEADER 05433nam 22007815 450 001 9910424639803321 005 20240206141222.0 010 $a3-030-47641-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-47641-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000011513419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6380804 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-47641-0 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011513419 100 $a20201019d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLanguage and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective $eThemes from Michael Devitt /$fedited by Andrea Bianchi 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (XI, 466 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aPhilosophical Studies Series,$x2542-8349 ;$v142 311 $a3-030-47640-5 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction ? Michael Devitt at Eighty (Andrea Bianchi) -- Part I: Philosophy of linguistics -- Chapter 2. Invariance as the mark of the psychological reality of language (John Collins) -- Chaprer 3. Priorities and diversities in language and thought (Elisabeth Camp) -- Part II: Theory of reference -- Chapter 4. Theories of reference: What was the question? (Panu Raatikainen) -- Chapter 5. Multiple grounding (François Recanati) -- Chapter 6. Reference and causal chains (Andrea Bianchi) -- Chapter 7. The qua-problem for names (dismissed) (Marga Reimer) -- Chapter 8. Language from a naturalistic perspective (Frank Jackson). Chapter 9. Michael Devitt, cultural evolution and the division of linguistic labour (Kim Sterelny) -- Part III: Theory of meaning -- Chapter 10. Still for direct reference (David Braun) -- Chapter 11. Naming and non-necessity (Nathan Salmon) -- Chapter 12. Against rigidity for general terms (Stephen P. Schwartz) -- Chapter 13. Devitt and the case for narrow meaning (William G. Lycan) -- Chapter 14. Languages and idiolects (Paul Horwich) -- Part IV: Methodology -- Chapter 15. Explanation first! The priority of scientific over ?commonsense? metaphysics (Georges Rey) -- Chapter 16. Experimental semantics, descriptivism and anti-descriptivism. Should we endorse referential pluralism? (Genoveva Martí) -- Part V: Metaphysics -- Chapter 17. Scientific realism and epistemic optimism (Peter Godfrey-Smith) -- Chapter 18. Species have historical not intrinsic essences (Marion Godman and David Papineau) -- Part VI: Michael Devitt?s Responses -- Chapter 19. Stirring the possum: Responses to the Bianchi papers (Michael Devitt). 330 $aThis book celebrates the many important contributions to philosophy by one of the leading philosophers in the analytic field, Michael Devitt. It collects seventeen original essays by renowned philosophers from all over the world. They all develop themes from Devitt?s work, thus discussing many fundamental issues in philosophy of linguistics, theory of reference, theory of meaning, methodology, and metaphysics. In a long final chapter, Devitt himself replies to the contributors. In so doing, he further elaborates his views on various of these issues, for example defending his claim (in opposition to Chomskyan orthodoxy) that languages are external rather than internal; his well-known causal theory of reference; his ?shocking? idea that meanings can be causal, non-descriptive, modes of presentation; his methodological naturalism; his commitment to scientific realism; and his version of biological essentialism. The volume will appeal to all scholars and students interested in contemporary theoretical analytic philosophy, and will be a must-read for any serious researcher in philosophy of language. It provides a deep insight into the work of one of the most important living philosophers, and will help readers to better understand language and reality from a naturalistic perspective. 410 0$aPhilosophical Studies Series,$x2542-8349 ;$v142 606 $aAnalysis (Philosophy) 606 $aKnowledge, Theory of 606 $aBiology$xPhilosophy 606 $aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy 606 $aLife sciences 606 $aLinguistics 606 $aAnalytic Philosophy 606 $aEpistemology 606 $aPhilosophy of Biology 606 $aPhilosophy of Language 606 $aLife Sciences 606 $aLinguistics 606 $aLlenguatge i llengües$2thub 606 $aFilosofia del llenguatge$2thub 606 $aFilosofia analítica$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aAnalysis (Philosophy). 615 0$aKnowledge, Theory of. 615 0$aBiology$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLanguage and languages$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aLife sciences. 615 0$aLinguistics. 615 14$aAnalytic Philosophy. 615 24$aEpistemology. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Biology. 615 24$aPhilosophy of Language. 615 24$aLife Sciences. 615 24$aLinguistics. 615 7$aLlenguatge i llengües 615 7$aFilosofia del llenguatge 615 7$aFilosofia analítica 676 $a401 702 $aBianchi$b Andrea$f1971- 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910424639803321 996 $aLanguage and reality from a naturalistic perspective$92087464 997 $aUNINA