Ten leading philosophers present specially written essays on an issue centralto philosophy of mind, language, and perception: the nature of our thought about the external world. The essays explore new directions for future research and will be an important resource for anyone working at the interface of semantics and mental representation. INDICE: Robin Jeshion: Introduction; I The Structure of Singular Thought; 1: Kent Bach: Getting a Thing Into a Thought; 2: Nathan Salmon: Three Perspectives on Quantifying In; 3: Kenneth Taylor: On Singularity; II Conditions onSingular Thought; 4: Robin Jeshion: Singular Thought: Acquaintance, Semantic Instrumentalism, and Cognitivism; 5: Francois Recanati: Singular Thought: In Defense of Acquaintance; Demonstrative and Communication-Based Reference and Thought; 6: John Campbell: Demonstrative Reference, the Relational View of Experience, and the Proximality Principle; 7: Imogen Dickie: We Are Acquainted WithOrdinary Things; 8: Arthur Sullivan: Millian Externalism; IV Thinking of Nothing; 9: Manuel Garcia-Carpintero: Fictional Singular Imaginings; 10: Mark Sainsbury: Intentionality Without Exotica; Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-956788-1
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 336
- Fecha Publicación: 27/05/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés