Language from a Naturalistic Perspective
Why is it good to have a language? Many reasons, but one reason above all others: a shared language is a wonderful way of transmitting information. We will see how this simple, ‘Moorean’ observation tells us what to say about reference for proper names, t
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Andrea Bianchi Editor
Language and Reality from a Naturalistic Perspective Themes from Michael Devitt
Philosophical Studies Series Volume 142
Editor-in-Chief Mariarosaria Taddeo, Oxford Internet Institute, Digital Ethics Lab, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Executive Editorial Board Patrick Allo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium Massimo Durante, Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino, Italy Phyllis Illari, University College London, London, UK Shannon Vallor, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA, USA Board of Consulting Editors Lynne Baker, Department of Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA Stewart Cohen, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA Radu Bogdan, Dept. Philosophy, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA Marian David, Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz, Austria John Fischer, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA Keith Lehrer, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Denise Meyerson, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia François Recanati, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Institut Jean Nicod, Paris, France Mark Sainsbury, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA Barry Smith, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA Nicholas Smith, Department of Philosophy, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR, USA Linda Zagzebski, Department of Philosophy, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
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