Naming and Indexicality

Gregory Bochner

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Cambridge University Press
08 February 2024

Philosophy of language; Semantics; Philosophy of mind

Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics

How do words stand for things? Taking ideas from philosophical semantics and pragmatics, this book offers a unique, detailed, and critical survey of central debates concerning linguistic reference in the twentieth century. It then uses the survey to identify and argue for a novel version of current 'two-dimensional' theories of meaning, which generalise the context-dependency of indexical expressions. The survey highlights the history of tensions between semantic and epistemic constraints on plausible theories of word meaning, from analytic philosophy and modern truth-conditional semantics, to the Referentialist and Externalist revolutions in theories of meaning, to the more recent reconciliatory ambition of two-dimensionalists. It clearly introduces technical semantical notions, theses, and arguments, with easy-to-follow, step-by-step guides. Wide-ranging in its scope, yet offering an accessible route into literature that can seem complex and technical, this will be essential reading for advanced students, and academic researchers in semantics, pragmatics, and philosophy of language.

By: Gregory Bochner
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 372g
ISBN: 9781108449687
ISBN 10: 1108449689
Series: Key Topics in Semantics and Pragmatics
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 08 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; 1. Descriptivism; 2. The Referentialist Revolution; 3. Three Puzzles Arising from the Rigidity Thesis; 4. Varieties of Descriptivist Responses; 5. Two-Dimensionalism; Conclusion.

Gregory Bochner is a Marie Curie Fellow at École Normale Supérieure in Paris. After a PhD in both linguistics (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and philosophy (Institut Jean Nicod), he has conducted research in Bologna, New York, Barcelona, Brussels, Fribourg, Paris, and published several articles on meaning, reference, and thought.