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Category: Books (Language Arts &Amp; Disciplines)
Author: Powell, G.
Author: Powell, G.
ISBN-10: 1349309842
ISBN-10: 1349309842
ISBN-13: 9781349309849
ISBN-13: 9781349309849
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 217
Pages: 217
Binding: Paperback
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 01-Apr-2010
Pub Date: 01-Apr-2010
SKU: 1349309842-11-SPRI
SKU: 1349309842-11-SPRI
Item ID: 100817490
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How should we analyse the meaning of proper names, indexicals, demonstratives and definite descriptions? What relation do such expressions stand to the objects they designate or to mental representations of those objects? George Powell casts new light on these and other questions by approaching them from within a cognitive framework.Acknowledgements Introduction Theoretical Background Proper Names Indexicals Definite Descriptions Complex Demonstratives Conclusion References Index

'[Powell']s project of deposing truth and placing mind instead at the center of meaning is an ambitious and challenging idea, and it would be very interesting to see its further applications' Piotr Stalmaszczyk - Philosophy in Review

GEORGE POWELL is a post-doctoral researcher at University College London, UK. He has taught at a number of British universities, and has published papers on pragmatics, semantics and the philosophy of language. He currently lives in Montreal.