Reference and Existence

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Reference and Existence
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 185
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ISBN-10 : 9780190660611
ISBN-13 : 0190660619
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Book Synopsis Reference and Existence by : Saul A. Kripke

Book excerpt: This work can be read as a sequel to Kripke's classic Naming and Necessity, confronting important issues left open in that work and developing a novel approach to questions concerning empty names and existence. It provides along the way novel treatments of fictional and mythological discourse, the pragmatics of definite and indefinite descriptions and the language of sense data.


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