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portada naming and reference: the link of word to object
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Year
1992
Language
English
Pages
310
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
22.4 x 14.4 x 2.5 cm
Weight
0.53 kg.
ISBN
0415009391
ISBN13
9780415009393
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naming and reference: the link of word to object

R. J. Nelson (Author) · Routledge · Hardcover

naming and reference: the link of word to object - Nelson, R. J.

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Synopsis "naming and reference: the link of word to object"

The question of how language relates to the world is one of the most important problems of philosophy. What the word God' refers to and the question Does God exist?' are clearly linked. The existence or non-existence of God (or electrons or unicorns) is directly related to the issue of what and how a name names. Naming and Reference tackles the challenge of explaining the referring power of names. More specifically it explores the reference of lexical terms (especially proper names and pronouns) and the issue of empty or speculative names such as Satan' and leptons'. The lack of semantics of such terms is a serious difficulty for linguistics, cognitive science and epistemology. In the first half of the book, a survey of the history of the subject is made from Locke to Kripke and Fodor. The second half contains a theory of reference which takes seriously the causal notion of reference, while at the same time preserving Frege's distinction between sense and reference. The algorithmic theory of reference that results treats reference in explicitly non-semantical terms. It incorporates or reflects the latest work in computational logic, cognitive science, philosophy of mind, linguistics and brain biology.

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