Reference through demonstration: singular terms, propositional attitudes and fiction

This thesis defends original accounts of the semantics and metaphysics of propositional attitudes, their reports and fiction in general. These accounts are unified by being parts of a general view on language, according to which demonstrations play a crucial role in explaining a wide range of phenom...

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Main Author: Celestino Fernández, Gemma
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/43441