Reference and Referring
Publication Date
12-2012
Description
These fifteen original essays address the core semantic concepts of reference and referring from both philosophical and linguistic perspectives. After an introductory essay that casts current trends in reference and referring in terms of an ongoing dialogue between Fregean and Russellian approaches, the book addresses specific topics, balanc ing breadth of coverage with thematic unity.
The contributors, all leading or emerging scholars, address trenchant neo-Fregean challenges to the direct reference position; consider what positive claims can be made about the mechanism of reference; address the role of a theory of reference within broader theoretical context; and investigate other kinds of linguistic expressions used in referring activities that may themselves be referring expressions.
ISBN
9780262018302
Keywords
Formal Semantics, Reference, Meaning, Language
Disciplines
Philosophy of Language
Publisher
MIT Press
City
Cambridge, MA
Department
Philosophy
Files
Recommended Citation
Kabasenche, William P.; O'Rourke, Michael; and Slater, Matthew H., "Reference and Referring" (2012). Faculty Books. 12.
https://digitalcommons.bucknell.edu/books/12
Comments
Topics in Contemporary Philosophy, volume 10