On sense and direct reference a philosophy of language anthology
[edited by] Matthew Davidson.
- Boston : McGraw-Hill, c2007.
- x, 1081 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. On Sense and Direct Reference / Ben Caplan -- I. THE BACKGROUND -- 2. On Sense and Reference / Gottlob Frege -- 3. Of Names / John Stewart Mill -- 4. On Denoting / Bertrand Russell -- 5. Selection from the Frege-Russell Correspondence / Gittlob Frege and Bertrand Russell -- 6. Introduction to Symbolic Logic / Alonzo Church -- II. THE ATTACK ON FREGE -- 7. Identity and Necessity / Saul Kripke -- 8. Proper Names and Identifying Descriptions / Keith Donnellan -- 9. Designation / Michael Devitt -- 10. The Meaning of 'Meaning / Hilary Putnam -- 11. Taking the Fregean Seriously / Mark Richard -- 12. A Millian Heir Rejects the Wages of Sinn / Nathan Salmon -- III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW THEORY -- 13. Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice / David Kaplan -- 14. On Proper Names in Belief Ascriptions / Tom McKay -- 15. Frege's Puzzle / Nathan Salmon -- 16. Substitutivity / Scott Soames -- 17. The Prince and the Phone Booth: Reporting Puzzling Beliefs / John Perry and Mark Crimmons -- 18. Attitudes in Context / Mark Richard -- IV. THE RESPONSE TO THE NEW THEORY OF REFERENCE -- 19. Belief Ascription / Stephen Schiffer -- 20. Why Semantic Innocence? / Graham Oppy -- 21. Against Direct Reference / Michael Devitt -- 22. The Semantics of Singular Terms / Brian Loar -- 23. Brian Loar on Singular Terms / Michael Devitt 24. Names and Descriptions: A Reply to Michael Devitt / Brian Loar -- 25. The Causal Theory of Names / Gareth Evans -- 26. On Existentialism / Alvin Plantinga -- 27. Troubles With Singular Propositions / Matthew Davidson -- V. THE REBIRTH OF FREGEANISM -- 28. Some Theses of Frege's Sense and Reference / Michael Dummett -- 29. The Indispensibility of Sinn / Graeme Forbes -- 30. The Boethian Compromise / Alvin Plantinga -- 31. On Sense and Intension / David Chalmers -- VI. REPLIES -- 32. Rigid Designation and its Lessons for the Semantic Contents of Proper Names / Scott Soames -- 33. Ambitious Two-Dimensionalism / Scott Soames -- VII. INDEXICALS -- 34. Demonstratives / David Kaplan -- 35. Afterthoughts / David Kaplan -- 36. Frege on Demonstratives / John Perry -- 37. Demonstrating and Necessity / Nathan Salmon -- VIII. NEW DIRECTIONS -- 38. Nonexistence / Nathan Salmon -- 39. Empty Names / David Braun -- IX. THE CONTINGENT A PRIORI AND NECESSARY A POSTERIORI -- 40. Reference and Contingency / Gareth Evans -- 41. How to Measure the Standard Metre / Nathan Salmon -- 42. The Necessary A Posteriori / Scott Soames -- X. PUZZLES -- 43. A Puzzle About Belief / Saul Kripke -- 44. Illogical Belief / Nathan Salmon -- 45. Substitution and Simple Sentences / Jennifer Saul -- 46. How Much Substitutivity? / Graeme Forbes -- 47. Reply to Forbes / Jennifer Saul