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Kit 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 Contents
Introduction

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

Semantic Relationism

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      Book details

      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 29 July 2009
      ISBN-13 9781405196697
      978-1405196697
      ISBN-10 1405196696
      Also in:
      Philosophy of language Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kit 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 Contents
      Introduction

      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

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