Synopses & Reviews
This volume presents a selection of the most important writings in the debate on the nature of meaning and reference which started one hundred years ago with Frege's classic essay "On Sense and Reference." Contributors include Bertrand Russell, P.F. Strawson, W.V. Quine, Donald Davidson, John McDowell, Michael Dummett, Hilary Putnam, Saul Kripke, David Wiggins, and Gareth Evans. The aim of this series is to bring together important recent writings in major areas of philosophical inquiry, selected from a wide variety of sources, mostly periodicals, which may not be conveniently available to the university student or the general reader.
Review
"An outstanding selection of authors."--William Ryan, Gonzaga University
"An outstanding collection of classic works in the philosophy of language, and could easily serve as the core text in such a course. This is a difficult subject for undergraduates to deal with, but the unifying theme of the book and its lucid introduction should help greatly. I would strongly recommend it."--Duncan Richter, University of Virginia
"A superb collection of essays with far reaching implications for the way we understand the problems of meaning. The book should be of interest not only to students of philosophy and linguistics, but also for religion students interested in hermeneutics."--Micheal W. Palmer, Bluefield College
"A very fine series of essays....It is especially helpful to have two essays by Frege, as these are not very accessible today. They alone are worth the price of the book. Introduction by Moore is helpful and clearly written."--Mark S. Krause, Puget Sound Christian College
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [296]-300) and index.
Table of Contents
Introduction,
A. W. MooreOn Sense and Reference, Gottlob Frege
Letter to Jourdain, Gottlob Frege
Descriptions, Bertrand Russell
On Referring, P. F. Strawson
Mind and Verbal Dispositions, W. V. Quine
Truth and Meaning, Donald Davidson
On the Sense and Reference of a Proper Name, John McDowell
What does the Appeal to Use Do for the Theory of Meaning?, Michael Dummett
Meaning and Reference, Hilary Putnam
Identity and Necessity, Saul Kripke
Putnam's Doctrine of Natural Kind Words and Frege's Doctrine of Sense, Reference, and Extension: Can they Cohere?, David Wiggins
The Causal Theory of Names, Gareth Evans
Frege's Distinction between Sense and Reference, Michael Dummett
Wittgenstein on Following a Rule, John McDowell