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__Language, Names, and Information__ is an important contribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremost scholars, challenging the pervasive view that the description theory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending a version of the description theory from a perspective on language that sees words as a wonderful source of information about the nature of the world we live in. * Challenges current pervasive view that the description theory of reference for proper names has been refuted * Discusses several topics at the center of current debates, including representation and information, two-dimensionalism, possible worlds, and broad vs. narrow content * Maintains the conversational and somewhat informal tone of the original lectures upon which the book is based Content: Chapter One The Debate over the Theory of Reference for Proper Names (pages 1–29): Chapter Two Understanding, Representation, Information (pages 30–60): Chapter Three Ir?Content and the Set of Worlds Where a Sentence is True (pages 61–82): Chapter Four Two Spaceism (pages 83–101): Chapter Five The Informational Value of Names (pages 102–146):

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Author

Frank Jackson

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9781444325379

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Philosophy, Linguistics, Literary Fiction