How is it that words come to stand for the things they stand for? Is the thing that a word stands for - its reference - fully identified or described by conventions known to the users of the word? Or is there a more roundabout relation between the reference of a word and the conventions that determine or fix it? Do words like 'water', 'three', and 'red' refer to appropriate thi...(展开全部)

How is it that words come to stand for the things they stand for? Is the thing that a word stands for - its reference - fully identified or described by conventions known to the users of the word? Or is there a more roundabout relation between the reference of a word and the conventions that determine or fix it? Do words like 'water', 'three', and 'red' refer to appropriate thi...(展开全部)

"On Sense and Direct Reference: Readings in the Philosophy of Language" focuses on the debate between neo-Fregeans and neo-Russellians in philosophy of language. With a foreword by Nathan Salmon, the volume collects more than 40 of the most important papers in philosophy of language in the last 40 years; including David Kaplan's "Demonstratives" and "Afterthoughts," and a paper...(展开全部)

Gottlob Frege is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was firstly a mathematician but his major works, including "Conception and Notation", also made significant conceptual contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege's writings are difficult and deal with technical, asbtract concepts. "The Routledge Philosophy G...(展开全部)

Gottlob Frege is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was firstly a mathematician but his major works, including "Conception and Notation", also made significant conceptual contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege's writings are difficult and deal with technical, asbtract concepts. "The Routledge Philosophy G...(展开全部)

This translation uses the text of the original 1753 edition. It also includes additions made by Laugier for the edition of 1755 as well as the Avertissement for that edition, which contains Laugier's rebuttal to his critics. An introduction by Wolfgang Herrmann gives details of Laugier's life and the context in which this book was written. The Essai is important as a key docume...(展开全部)

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