Beyond Rigidity: The Unfinished Semantic Agenda of Naming and Necessity (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195145298)

In this fascinating work, Scott Soames offers a new conception of the relationship between linguistic meaning and assertions made by utterances. He gives meanings of proper names and natural kind predicates and explains their use in attitude ascriptions. He also demonstrates the irrelevance of rigid designation in understanding why theoretical identities containing such predicates are necessary, if true.

Author: Scott Soames
ISBN-10: 0195145291
ISBN-13: 9780195145298
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 07/10/2003
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.04w x 1.05d