Proper names : a Millian account /
Proper Names explores the aims and scope of the Millian approach to the semantics of proper names. Stefano Predelli covers the core semantic aspects of Millianism, and develops them against the background of an independently motivated pre-semantic picture, grounded on the distinction between meaning...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford, United Kingdom :
Oxford University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Proper Names: A Millian Account; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 0.1 Preliminaries: Who Should Go on Reading?; 0.2 The Structure of the Book; 1: Preliminaries; 1.1 Semantic Values; 1.2 Points and d; 1.3 Contexts and i; 1.4 n; 1.5 Content; 1.6 Character, Direct Reference, and Millianism; 1.7 Truth in a Context; 1.8 Where Am I Now?; 2: Articulations and Uses; 2.1 Articulations; 2.2 Uses and their Representation; 2.3 The Pre-Semantics of Ambiguity; 2.4 The Effects of Use; 2.5 Words; 2.6 Where Am I Now?; 3: Launching Names; 3.1 Names in the Language.
- 3.2 Launching Enterprises: The Launcher3.3 Automatic and Smooth Launchings; 3.4 The Launching Device; 3.5 The Launching Target: Ostension and Description; 3.6 Where Am I Now?; 4: Using Names; 4.1 Replicating Episodes; 4.2 Homonymy; 4.3 The Effects of Use: Proper Names; 4.4 Settlemento: Authorized Naming; 4.5 The Encyclopaedic Penumbra; 4.6 Where Am I Now?; 5: Loose Ends; 5.1 Biased Names; 5.2 Block Launchings; 5.3 Placeholder Names; 5.4 Where Am I Now?; 6: Names and Nouns; 6.1 The Determiner-Hypothesis; 6.2 Names and Predicates; 6.3 PH and Pre-Semantics; 6.4 PH and Millianism.
- 6.5 Where Am I Now?7: A Tale of Two Horses; 7.1 Kripkeś Horses; 7.2 Back to PH; 7.3 Deer and Horses; 7.4 Where Am I Now?; 8: The No-Name Hypothesis; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Homodiegetic Narratives; 8.3 Heterodiegetic Narrative: The Narrative Periphery; 8.4 Retelling; 8.5 The Paratactic Analysis; 8.6 Issues from the Periphery: Allegedly Real Names; 8.7 More `Homonymies;́ 8.8 Where Am I Now?; References; Index.