Full Description
This volume offers novel views on the precise relation between reference to an object by means of a linguistic expression and our mental representation of that object, long a source of debate in the philosophy of language, linguistics, and cognitive science. Chapters in this volume deal with our devices for singular reference and singular representation, with most focusing on linguistic expressions that are used to refer to particular objects, persons, or places. These expressions include proper names such as Mary and John; indexicals such as I and tomorrow; demonstrative pronouns such as this and that; and some definite and indefinite descriptions such as The Queen of England or a medical doctor. Other chapters examine the ways we represent objects in thought, particularly the first-person perspective and the self, and one explores a notion common to reference and representation: salience. The volume includes the latest views on these complex topics from some of the most prominent authors in the field and will be of interest to anyone working on issues of reference and representation in thought and language.
Contents
1: María de Ponte and Kepa Korta: Introduction
2: Genoveva Martí: Names, predicates, and the object-property distinction
3: Eros Corazza: Proper names: Gender, context sensitivity, and conversational implicatures
4: John Perry: Indexicals and undexicals
5: Kent Bach: Reference, intention, and context: Do demonstratives really refer?
6: Maite Ezcurdia: Semantic complexity
7: Carlo Penco: Donnellan's misdescriptions and loose talk
8: Yan Huang: 'Pre'-semantic pragmatic enrichment: the case of long-distance reflexivization
9: Istvan Kecskes: The interplay of recipient design and salience in shaping speaker's utterance
10: María de Ponte and Kepa Korta: New thoughts about old facts: On Prior's root canal
11: François Recanati: Cognitive dynamics: A new look at an old problem
12: Wayne A. Davis: The property theory and de se attitudes
13: Kenneth A. Taylor: Selfhood as self-representation
