Description
Book SynopsisKit Fine argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought. His key idea is that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Coordination among Variables
A. The Desiderata
B. The Problem
C. The Contextualist Response
D. The Dismissive Response
E. The Instantial Approach
F. The Algebraic Approach
G. Relational Semantics for First-order Logic
2. Coordination within Language
A. Frege’s Puzzle
B. Rejecting Compositionality
C. Semantic Fact
D. Closure
E. Referentialism Reconsidered
F. A Relational Semantics for Names
G. Transparency
3. Coordination within Thought
A. Intentional Coordination
B. Strict Co-representation
C. The Content of Thought
D. The Cognitive Puzzle
4. Coordination between Speakers
A. Kripke’s Puzzle
B. Some Related Puzzles
C. A Response
D. A Solution
E. A Deeper Puzzle
F. A Deeper Solution
G. The Role of Variables in Belief Reports
H. Some Semantical Morals
Postscript: Further Work
Index
