Reference and Representation in Thought and Language

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-0-19-871421-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 588 g

This volume offers novel views on the precise relation between reference to an object by means of a linguistic expression and our mental representation of that object, long a source of debate in the philosophy of language, linguistics, and cognitive science. Chapters in this volume deal with our devices for singular reference and singular representation, with most focusing on linguistic expressions that are used to refer to particular objects, persons, or places. These expressions include proper names such as Mary and John; indexicals such as I and tomorrow; demonstrative pronouns such as this and that; and some definite and indefinite descriptions such as The Queen of England or a medical doctor. Other chapters examine the ways we represent objects in thought, particularly the first-person perspective and the self, and one explores a notion common to reference and representation: salience. The volume includes the latest views on these complex topics from some of the most prominent authors in the field and will be of interest to anyone working on issues of reference and representation in thought and language.

Autoren/Hrsg.

de Ponte, María

Korta, Kepa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophie des Geistes, Neurophilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sprachphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Sprachphilosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Semantik & Pragmatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 1: María de Ponte and Kepa Korta: Introduction

- 2: Genoveva Martí: Names, predicates, and the object-property distinction

- 3: Eros Corazza: Proper names: Gender, context sensitivity, and conversational implicatures

- 4: John Perry: Indexicals and undexicals

- 5: Kent Bach: Reference, intention, and context: Do demonstratives really refer?

- 6: Maite Ezcurdia: Semantic complexity

- 7: Carlo Penco: Donnellan's misdescriptions and loose talk

- 8: Yan Huang: 'Pre'-semantic pragmatic enrichment: the case of long-distance reflexivization

- 9: Istvan Kecskes: The interplay of recipient design and salience in shaping speaker's utterance

- 10: María de Ponte and Kepa Korta: New thoughts about old facts: On Prior's root canal

- 11: François Recanati: Cognitive dynamics: A new look at an old problem

- 12: Wayne A. Davis: The property theory and de se attitudes

- 13: Kenneth A. Taylor: Selfhood as self-representation

Über Autor(innen)

María de Ponte is an assistant professor at the University of Seville. She has previously held positions at the University of the Basque Country and at Brown University. She works on the philosophy of language, logic, and time, and her work has been published in journals such as Logique et Analyse, Journal of Pragmatics, and Research and Language, as well as in a number of edited volumes.

Kepa Korta is Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country and a researcher at the Institute for Logic, Cognition, Language and Information (ILCLI). He is the author, with John Perry, of the book Critical Pragmatics: An Inquiry into Reference and Communication (2011) and his work has appeared in Mind and Language, Synthèse, Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, and various edited collections.