Situating semantics : essays on the philosophy of John Perry / edited by Michael O'Rourke and Corey Washington.

Other author O'Rourke, Michael, 1963-
Other author Washington, Corey.
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
Descriptionvi, 593 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents Situating semantics: an overview of the philosophy of John Perry -- Prospects for a naturalization of practical reason: instrumentalism and the normative authority of desire -- Mathematical objects and identity -- Substitution, identity, and the subject-predicate structure -- Relativized propositions -- Understanding temporal indexicals -- Is there a problem of the essential indexical? -- The myth of unarticulated constituents -- Misplaced modification and the illusion of opacity -- On location -- Reflections on Reference and reflexivity -- Thinking the unthinkable: an excursion into Z-land -- Thinking about qualia -- A refutation of qualia-physicalism -- Situating semantics: a response.
General note"A Bradford book."
Bibliography noteBibliography of John Perry's publications: p.[577]-585)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2006033526
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