Mental Files

by François Recanati

Francois Recanati presents his theory of mental files, a new way of understanding reference in language and thought. He aims to recast the "nondescriptivist" approach to reference that has dominated the philosophy of language and mind in the late twentieth century. According to Recanati, we refer through mental files, which play the role of so-called "modes of presentation." The reference of linguistic expressions is inherited from that of the files...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199659990
• ISBN13: 9780199659999
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"