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How reference works : explanatory models for indexicals, descriptions, and opacity
- Title
- How reference works : explanatory models for indexicals, descriptions, and opacity / Lawrence D. Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, Lawrence D., 1937-
- Publication
- Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1993.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | P325.5.R44 R63 1993 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 192 pages; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- SUNY series, scientific studies in natural and artificial intelligence
- Uniform Title
- SUNY series, scientific studies in natural and artificial intelligence.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-185) and indexes.
- Contents
- Ch. 1. An Introduction to Methodology: Explanation, Specification, and Two Paradigms for Theorizing about Language -- Ch. 2. Indexicals and Two Models for the Determination of Reference -- Ch. 3. The Figure-Ground Model: Varieties of Contexts -- Ch. 4. The Referential-Attributive Distinction in Definite Descriptions -- Ch. 5. Specific and Non-Specific Reference by Means of Indefinite Descriptions -- Ch. 6. Attention-Directing Models for the Basic Nature of Reference -- Ch. 7. Applications of the Models to Existence and Identity Contexts and to Opacity.
- ISBN
- 0791415759
- 9780791415757
- 0791415767
- 9780791415764
- LCCN
- 92031942
- OCLC
- ocm26591470
- 26591470
- SCSB-1995311
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library