Reference and beyond : essays in philosophy of language /

Michael Devitt explores philosophy of language from a naturalistic approach. A dominant theme of this book is the semantics of proper names, definite descriptions, and demonstratives. It shows that these terms have conventional 'referential' uses to express 'singular' thoughts. T...

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Main Author:	Devitt, Michael, 1938- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2025]
Subjects:	Reference (Linguistics) Référence (Linguistique) Epistemology. PHILOSOPHY. Metaphysics. Language. Language: reference & general. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book