Beyond rigidity : the unfinished semantic agenda of Naming and Necessity / / Scott Soames

• Autore: Soames Scott
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 379 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 160
• Soggetto topico: Names; Description (Philosophy); Semantics (Philosophy)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [313]-372) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity -- 2. Rigid Designation and Its Lessons for the Semantic Contents of Proper Names -- 3. The Meaning of Names -- 4. Ambiguity and Indexicality -- 5. Partially Descriptive Names -- 6. The Problem Posed by Propositional Attitude Ascriptions -- 7. The Case Against Linguistically Enhanced Propositions -- 8. Millian Meaning and Pseudo-Fregean Attitudes -- 9. What Is It for a General Term to Be a Rigid Designator? -- 10. What Do Natural Kind Predicates Have in Common with Proper Names? -- 11. Natural Kind Predicates, Mass Nouns, and Abstract Singular Terms.
• Sommario/riassunto: Soames introduces a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural-kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions.
• Altri titoli varianti: Unfinished semantic agenda of Naming and Necessity
• Titolo autorizzato: Beyond rigidity
• ISBN: 0-19-514529-1; 1-280-53181-9; 9786610531813; 1-4237-4575-2; 0-19-803321-4; 1-60256-971-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910965053503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II