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Most philosophical theories of language have assumed that statements (products of assertion) and propositions (objects of belief) are the same things. John L. Pollock denies this, maintaining that even when the speaker is perfectly sincere, what he is thinking need not be the same thing as what he is saying. Originally published in 1982. The Prin



Table of Contents
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. x*I. The Statemental Theory of Meaning, pg. 1*II. Traditional Theories of Proper Names, pg. 40*III. The Meaning of a Proper Name, pg. 55*IV. Singular Terms, pg. 106*V. The Traditional Theory of Predicates, pg. 128*VI. Synthetic Predicates, pg. 140*VII. Nonsynthetic Predicates, pg. 166*VIII. The Alethic Modalities, pg. 175*IX. Doxastic and Epistemic Sentences, pg. 188*X. Languages, Institutions, and Conventions, pg. 210*XI. Stating, pg. 239*XII. Nondeclarative Sentences, pg. 253*Appendix: A General Statemental Semantics, pg. 265*Bibliography, pg. 289*Index, pg. 295

Language and Thought

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 14 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780691614267
      978-0691614267
      ISBN-10 0691614261
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      Language: reference and general Philosophy

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      Book Synopsis

      Most philosophical theories of language have assumed that statements (products of assertion) and propositions (objects of belief) are the same things. John L. Pollock denies this, maintaining that even when the speaker is perfectly sincere, what he is thinking need not be the same thing as what he is saying. Originally published in 1982. The Prin



      Table of Contents
      *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. x*I. The Statemental Theory of Meaning, pg. 1*II. Traditional Theories of Proper Names, pg. 40*III. The Meaning of a Proper Name, pg. 55*IV. Singular Terms, pg. 106*V. The Traditional Theory of Predicates, pg. 128*VI. Synthetic Predicates, pg. 140*VII. Nonsynthetic Predicates, pg. 166*VIII. The Alethic Modalities, pg. 175*IX. Doxastic and Epistemic Sentences, pg. 188*X. Languages, Institutions, and Conventions, pg. 210*XI. Stating, pg. 239*XII. Nondeclarative Sentences, pg. 253*Appendix: A General Statemental Semantics, pg. 265*Bibliography, pg. 289*Index, pg. 295

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