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9781557783004

Meaning and Truth The Essential Readings in Modern Semantics

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    9781557783004

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    1557783004

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  • Copyright: 1998-06-15
  • Publisher: Atlas Books
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Summary

Contemporary semantic theory rests upon lively theoretical disputes about the meaning of words, the proper form of semantic theory, and, ultimately, on the very possibility of semantic theory itself. Jay L. Garfield and Murray Kiteley have collected, in Meaning and Truth, the definitive articles on the history of semantics and the primary voices debating the interpretation of description, the theory of truth intensionality, the structure of meaning, natural language, and the relation of semantics to pragmatics. The details, complexities, and charming eccentricities of language thus become visible against a background of abstract theory. Undergraduate and graduate students of semantics, linguistics, cognitive psychology, and philosophy of language will now be able to encounter all of the important theoretical debates of modern semantics in a single volume. Selections begin with the classic essay by Mill, "Of Names and Propositions," include such standards as "General Semantics" by Lewis and "Actualism" by Plantinga, and conclude with a chapter on "Linguistic Approaches to Semantics.">

Table of Contents

Paragon Issues in Philosophyp. iii
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
Prefacep. xv
General Introductionp. xix
The Beginningsp. 1
Introductionp. 3
Of Names and Propositionsp. 8
On Sense and Nominatump. 35
The Semantic Conception of Truth and the Foundations of Semanticsp. 53
On Denotingp. 87
On Descriptionsp. 101
Introductionp. 103
On Referringp. 108
Mr. Strawson on Referringp. 130
Meaning and Necessityp. 136
Reference and Definite Descriptionsp. 144
Speaker's Reference and Semantic Referencep. 162
Presupposition and Two-Dimensional Logicp. 189
Dthatp. 212
On the Logic of Demonstrativesp. 234
On Tarskip. 249
Introductionp. 251
Donald Davidson Truth and Meaningp. 254
Tarski's Theory of Truthp. 271
Physicalism and Primitive Denotation: Field on Tarskip. 297
Intensionalityp. 317
Introductionp. 319
Quantifiers and Propositional Attitudesp. 323
On Saying Thatp. 334
An Overview of Montague Semanticsp. 348
Subjectivity's Bailiwick: and the Person of Its Bailiffp. 372
The Structure of Meaningp. 397
Introductionp. 399
Two Types of Quantifiersp. 403
A Logical Theory of Verb-Phrase Deletionp. 431
Structured Meaningsp. 446
Structural Ambiguityp. 453
Possible Worldsp. 461
Introductionp. 463
Propositionsp. 467
Possible Worldsp. 478
Actualism and Possible Worldsp. 485
The Trouble with Possible Worldsp. 503
Pragmaticsp. 541
Introductionp. 543
On Specificityp. 546
Metaphoresep. 582
Metaphorical Assertionsp. 599
The Problem of the Essential Indexicalp. 613
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