The intentionality, causality and metaphysics of naming
This thesis delineates the boundaries of theories of naming, placing particular emphasis on the demarcation of the semantic function of referring expressions from the pragmatics of referential usage. The need for such emphasis derives from frequent confusions in work on singular reference where prag...
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University of Oxford
1988
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.253771 |