Beyond Rigidity: The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and

Beyond Rigidity: The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity

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.
Country USA
Brand Oxford University Press, USA
Manufacturer Oxford University Press
Binding Paperback
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EANs 9780195145298
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Beyond Rigidity: The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity