Language, Names, and Information
Published on 13. August 2010
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Other digital
176 pages
978-1-4443-2536-2 (ISBN)
Description
Language, Names, and Information is an important contribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremost scholars, challenging the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending a version of the description theory from a perspective on language that sees words as a wonderful source of information about the nature of the world we live in. * Challenges current pervasive view that the description theory of reference for proper names has been refuted * Discusses several topics at the center of current debates, including representation and information, two-dimensionalism, possible worlds, and broad vs. narrow content * Maintains the conversational and somewhat informal tone of the original lectures upon which the book is based
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4443-2536-2 (9781444325362)
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Frank Jackson
Language, Names, and Information
E-Book
06/2011
Wiley-Blackwell
€30.99
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Frank Jackson
Language, Names, and Information
E-Book
05/2010
Wiley-Blackwell
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Person
Frank Jackson is Visiting Professor in Philosophy at Princeton University and holds a fractional appointment as Distinguished Professor at The Australian National University. Jackson is a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and the author of several books and papers on a wide range of topics in analytical philosophy.
Content
Prologue. Lecture One: The Debate over the Theory of Reference for Proper Names. Lecture Two: Understanding, Representation, Information. Lecture Three: Ir-content and the Set of Worlds Where a Sentence is True. Lecture Four: Two Spaceism. Lecture Five: The Informational Value of Names. References. Index.