Ontology, Modality and the Fallacy of Reference - Couverture souple

Jubien, Michael

 
9780521108577: Ontology, Modality and the Fallacy of Reference
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521108578 ISBN 13 : 9780521108577
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

This is a book about the concept of a physical thing and about how the names of things relate to the things they name. It questions the prevalent view that names 'refer to' or 'denote' the things they name. Instead it presents a new theory of proper names, according to which names express certain special properties that the things they name exhibit. This theory leads to some important conclusions about whether things have any of their properties as a matter of necessity. This will be an important book for philosophers in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, though it will also interest linguists concerned with the semantics of natural language.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This is a book about the concept of a physical thing and about how the names of things relate to the things they name. It questions the prevalent view that names 'refer to' or 'denote' the things they name. Instead it presents a new theory of proper names, according to which names express certain special properties that the things they name exhibit. This theory leads to some important conclusions about whether things have any of their properties as a matter of necessity. This will be an important book for philosophers in metaphysics and the philosophy of language, though it will also interest linguists concerned with the semantics of natural language.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521108578
ISBN 13 
9780521108577
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
144
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Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780521433990: Ontology, Modality and the Fallacy of Reference

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521433991 ISBN 13 :  9780521433990
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993
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