Meaning And Truth: Investigations In Philosophical Semantics (topics In Contemporary Philosophy)

The first volume in the TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY series contains 15 essays on a range of topics in the philosophy of language by leading authors in the field. Each essay investigates some aspect of philosophical semantics; among the themes addressed are the nature of truth, the relation between truth and meaning, the semantic nature of quantifiers, and the distinction between semantics and pragmatics. Table of Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 8 Editor's Acknowledgments......Page 10 1. Investigations in Philosophical Semantics......Page 12 Part I: Cognition and Linguistic Meaning......Page 30 2. Seemingly Semantic Intuitions......Page 32 3. The Semantic Basis of Externalism......Page 45 4. Acquaintanceless De Re Belief......Page 64 5. Meanings......Page 90 Part II: Linguistic Meaning and the World......Page 114 6. Mythical Objects......Page 116 7. Truth and Identity......Page 135 8. What Is the Role of a Truth Theory...?......Page 153 9. A New Argument Against Modesty......Page 175 10. Truth and Meaning......Page 186 Part III: Aspects of Linguistic Meaning......Page 206 11. Insensitive Quantifiers......Page 208 12. Deferred Demonstratives......Page 225 13. What Unarticulated Constituents Could Not Be......Page 242 14. Generalized Conversational Implicatures.........Page 268 15. Distinguishing Semantics and Pragmatics......Page 295 Index of Names......Page 322 Index of Topics......Page 324 Seemingly Semantic Intuitions / Kent Bach -- The Semantic Basis Of Externalism / Michael Mckinsey -- Acquaintanceless De Re Belief / Robin Jeshion -- Meanings / Stephen Schiffer -- Mythical Objects / Nathan Salmon -- Truth And Identity / Marian David -- What Is The Role Of A Truth Theory In A Meaning Theory? / Kirk Ludwig -- A New Argument Against Modesty / Jonathan Sutton -- Truth And Meaning / Robert Cummins -- Insensitive Quantifiers / Herman Cappelen And Ernie Lepore -- Deferred Demonstratives / Emma Borg -- What Unarticulated Constituents Could Not Be / Lenny Clapp -- Generalized Conversational Implicatures And Default Pragmatic Inferences / Anne Bezuidenhout -- Distinguishing Semantics And Pragmatics / Kent Bach And Anne Bezuidenhout. Edited By Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'rourke, David Shier. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.