Beyond Rigidity
The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity
Published on 24. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
392 pages
978-0-19-514529-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this fascinating work, Scott Soames offers a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. He also demonstrates the irrelevance of rigid designation in understanding why theoretical identities containing such predicates are necessary, if true.
Reviews / Votes
In this admirable book, Scott Soames provides well defended answers to some of the most difficult and important questions in the philosophy of language, and he does so with characteristic thoroughness, clarity, and rigor. * Canadian Journal of Philosophy *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
470 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-514529-8 (9780195145298)
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