Proper names : a Millian account /

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Stefano Predelli defends a semantics of proper names which has simplicity and common sense in its favour: proper names are non-indexical devices of rigid and direct reference. He grounds this view in accounts of the shape and form of names, and of their introduction within language use, and he respo...

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Millian account
1. Verfasser:
Predelli, Stefano
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Stefano Predelli defends a semantics of proper names which has simplicity and common sense in its favour: proper names are non-indexical devices of rigid and direct reference. He grounds this view in accounts of the shape and form of names, and of their introduction within language use, and he responds to widespread misconceptions and objections.
Umfang:
1 online resource (ix, 165 pages)
Anmerkungen:
This edition previously issued in print: 2017.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-108399-2
0-19-182360-0
0-19-108398-4
Schlagworte:
Mill, John Stuart, > 1806-1873.
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