Beyond Rigidity
The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:24th Jul '03
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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.
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 *
ISBN: 9780195145298
Dimensions: 128mm x 204mm x 27mm
Weight: 408g
392 pages