Language, Names, and Information (eBook)

Frank Jackson (Autor)

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2010 | 1. Auflage
176 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-4443-2537-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Autor

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.

Inhalt

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.

Rezensionen

"Saul Kripke's classic lectures, Naming and Necessity,
changed the way we think about reference and intentionality, but it
remains controversial just what the basic lesson of his work should
be. In this book, Frank Jackson, with his characteristic clarity of
mind and down-to-earth style of argument, articulates the view that
Kripke's insights and arguments can be reconciled with a version of
the description theory that were the focus of his attack. Jackson
clarifies the terrain by putting the issue in the wider context of
the role of language in the exchange of information. Much of what
he says is persuasive, and all of it is challenging, stimulating
and clarifying."

--Robert Stalnaker, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.6.2010
• Reihe/Serie: The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy
• Reihe/Serie: The Blackwell / Brown Lectures in Philosophy
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Geistesphilosophie • Philosophie • Philosophy • Philosophy of Language • Philosophy of mind • Sprachphilosophie
• ISBN-10: 1-4443-2537-X / 144432537X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4443-2537-9 / 9781444325379