Terms and Truth: Reference Direct and Anaphoric

by Alan Berger

In this book, Alan Berger further develops the new theory of reference -- as formulated by Kripke and Putnam -- applying it in novel ways to many philosophical problems concerning reference and existence. Berger argues that his notion of anaphoric background condition and anaphoric links within a linguistic community are crucial not only to a theory of reference, but to the analysis of these problems as well. The book is organized in three parts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262524376
• ISBN13: 9780262524377
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Bradford Book
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher