Beyond Rigidity

Beyond Rigidity The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9780195145298
Publisher: OUP OXFORD
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 392
Weight: 452g
Height: 203mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 25mm