New Essays on Singular Thought
Jeshion, Robin
New Essays on Singular Thought - Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 - 324p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. The Structure of Singular thought..........37
Getting a thing into a thought...........39
Three perspectives on Quantifying in .............64
On Singularity............77
2. Conditions on Singular Thought ........103
Singular thought: Acquaintance, Semantic instrumentalism, and Cognitivism .............105
Singular thought : In defence of Acquaintance..............141
3. Demonstrative and Communication-Based reference and thought.............191
Demonstrative reference, the relational view of Experience, and the Proximality principle............................193
We are acquainted with ordinary things.............213
Millian Externalism ............246
4. Thinking of Nothing .................271
Fictional Singular imaginings............273
Internationality without exotica..............300
9780199567881 4257
N36 / J491
New Essays on Singular Thought - Oxford Oxford University Press 2012 - 324p
includes index and biblioraphy
1. The Structure of Singular thought..........37
Getting a thing into a thought...........39
Three perspectives on Quantifying in .............64
On Singularity............77
2. Conditions on Singular Thought ........103
Singular thought: Acquaintance, Semantic instrumentalism, and Cognitivism .............105
Singular thought : In defence of Acquaintance..............141
3. Demonstrative and Communication-Based reference and thought.............191
Demonstrative reference, the relational view of Experience, and the Proximality principle............................193
We are acquainted with ordinary things.............213
Millian Externalism ............246
4. Thinking of Nothing .................271
Fictional Singular imaginings............273
Internationality without exotica..............300
9780199567881 4257
N36 / J491