Michael Devitt

Gebundenes Buch

Reference and Beyond

Essays in Philosophy of Language

Beschreibung

This book is a selection of papers by Michael Devitt in philosophy of language, accompanied by many new footnotes and postscripts. A dominant theme is the semantics of proper names, definite descriptions, and demonstratives. The book argues that these terms have conventional "referential" uses to express "singular" thoughts.

Autor

Michael Devitt is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at the Graduate Center of CUNY. He was formerly at the University of Maryland (1988-1999) and the University of Sydney (1971-1987). His main research interests are in the philosophy of language and linguistics, realism, biological essentialism, and methodological issues prompted by naturalism. He is the author of Designation (1981), Realism and Truth (1997), Language and Reality (with Kim Sterelny, 1999), Coming to Our Senses (1996), Ignorance of Language (2006), Putting Metaphysics First (2010), Overlooking Conventions: The Trouble with Linguistic Pragmatism (2021), and Biological Essentialism (2023).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 168mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 862g
• ISBN-13: 9780199280810
• ISBN-10: 0199280819
• Artikelnr.: 73546166