Naming and contingency: towards an internalist theory of direct reference

Naming and contingency: towards an internalist theory of direct reference

This work is an essay on the reference of names in language and thought. According to the Theory of Direct Reference, nowadays dominant in philosophy of language, the semantic content of a proper name is directly its referent (Chapter 1).<p>Nevertheless, despite its current fame, this theory m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bochner, Gregory
Other Authors: Kreutz, Philippe
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:fr
Published: Universite Libre de Bruxelles 2011
Subjects:
Sciences humaines
Langues et littératures
Language and languages > Philosophy
Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)
Semantics
Reference (Linguistics)
Langage et langues > Philosophie
Analyse linguistique (Linguistique)
Sémantique
Référence (Linguistique)
meaning/sens
cognition/cognition
language/langage
externalism/externalisme
Kripke
Frege
content/contenu
names/noms
Intentionality/Intentionalité
reference/référence
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209797

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http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209797

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