De Lingua Belief - Table of Contents

October 2006
6 x 9, 224 pp.
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ISBN-10:
0-262-06257-7
ISBN-13:
978-0-262-06257-2

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De Lingua Belief
Robert Fiengo and Robert May

	Acknowledgments	ix

	Introduction Sample Chapter - Download PDF (48 KB)	1

1.	Beliefs about Language	7

1.1	Foundational Questions	7

1.2	Syntatic Identity and Referential Identity	25

1.3	Anaphora, Context, and Referential Intentions	34

2.	Names and Expressions	51

2.1	Distinguishing Names and Expressions	52

2.2	Beliefs Concerning Language	56

2.3	Belief Ascription and Attributed Assignments	63

2.4	Singularity	70

2.5	Identity Puzzles	75

2.6	Concluding Remarks	80

	Appendix: The Propositional Status of Assignments	82

3.	Identity Statements	99

3.1	Two Intuitions about Identity Statements	99

3.2	On What It Is That Bears Reference	107

3.3	The Logical Form of Identity Statements	112

3.4	Names, Expressions, and Rigidity	118

4.	Paderewski	139

4.1	The Puzzle	139

4.2	Linguistic Information	142

4.3	Bridging the Gap	145

4.4	The Puzzle Deepens	148

4.5	The Identity Puzzle	152

4.6	Informativeness and the Reverse Puzzle	154

4.7	A Demonstrative Puzzle	158

4.8	Demonstrative Reference	164

4.9	Concluding Remarks	168

	References	173

	Index Sample Chapter - Download PDF (37 KB)	177

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