Description: Empty Representations by Manuel García-Carpintero, Genoveva Martí Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description The contents of linguistic and mental representations may seem to be individuated by what they are about. But a problem arises with regard to representation of the non-existent - words and thoughts that are about things that dont exist. Fourteen new essays get to grips with this much-debated problem. Publisher Description It is the linguistic job of singular terms to pick out the objects that we think or talk about. But what about singular terms that seem to fail to designate anything, because the objects they refer to dont exist? We can employ these terms in meaningful thought and talk, which suggests that they are succeeding in fulfilling their representational task. A team of leading experts presents new essays on the much-debated problem of empty reference and thought.In the 1960s and 1970s Keith Donnellan, David Kaplan, Saul Kripke and Hilary Putnam initiated a revolution in the then standard conception of reference--a concept at the core ofphilosophical inquiry. The repercussions of the revolution, particularly felt in metaphysics and epistemology, were soon refined by other influential writers such as Tyler Burge, Gareth Evans, and John Perry. They argued that some linguistic and mental representations have contents individuated by what they are about--by ordinary referents of expressions such as proper names, indexicals, definite descriptions and common nouns, i.e. by planets, people or natural kinds. The view was at odds witha central philosophical presumption at that time: that cognitive and linguistic access to objective reality is indirect and accidental, mediated by general descriptive characterizations, the onlyconstitutive semantic feature of the expressions; hence its ontological and epistemological repercussions. A turning-point in the debate about how linguistic and mental representation reach external contents concerned the nature of empty mental and linguistic representations, framed by means of the very same expressions crucially invoked in the Donnellan-Kaplan-Kripke-Putnam arguments. The papers in this volume address different aspects of reference and thought about the (apparently)non-existent. Author Biography Manuel García-Carpintero was awarded a Distinció de Recerca for senior researchers by the Catalan Government between 2002 and 2008, and in 2009 the prize ICREA Acadèmia for excellence in research, also funded by the Generalitat de Catalunya, to work on a book on the nature of assertion and reference (2009-2013).; Genoveva Martí is a member elect of the Academia Europaea, since 2009. She was the first academic director of the Academia Europaea--Barcelona Knowledge Hub. In 2012 she received the Narcís Monturiol medal for scientific merit, awarded by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Details ISBN 0199647054 ISBN-13 9780199647057 Title Empty Representations Author Manuel García-Carpintero, Genoveva Martí Format Hardcover Year 2014 Pages 368 Publisher Oxford University Press GE_Item_ID:134698102; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780199647057
Book Title: Empty Representations
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Name: Empty Representations : Référence and Non-Existence
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Methodology, General
Item Height: 0.9 in
Item Weight: 24.6 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Genoveva Marti
Item Length: 9.5 in
Subject Area: Philosophy
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