Jackson Language, Names, and Information

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4443-5157-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy

Language, Names, and Information is an importantcontribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremostscholars, challenging the pervasive view that the descriptiontheory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending aversion of the description theory from a perspective on languagethat sees words as a wonderful source of information about thenature of the world we live in.

* Challenges current pervasive view that the description theoryof 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 theoriginal lectures upon which the book is based

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Frank

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue.
Lecture One: The Debate over the Theory of Reference forProper Names.
Lecture Two: Understanding, Representation,Information.
Lecture Three: Ir-content and the Set of Worlds Where aSentence is True.
Lecture Four: Two Spaceism.
Lecture Five: The Informational Value of Names.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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.