Content and modality [[electronic resource] ] : themes from the philosophy of Robert Stalnaker / / edited by Judith Thomson and Alex Byrne

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Clarendon Press; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 191
• Soggetto topico: Modality (Logic); Logic; Language and languages - Philosophy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: ThomsonJudith Jarvis ByrneAlex
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-300) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Content and modality
• ISBN: 1-280-84410-8; 0-19-151573-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452142403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II