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

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Language and languages--Philosophy.

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