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245 00 a| New essays on singular thought /c| edited by Robin Jeshion.;

260 a| Oxford ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 2010.;

300 a| xii, 324 pages ;c| 25 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 1 a| "New Esstys on Singular Thought presents ten new essays on an issue central to philosophy of mind, language, and perception: the nature of our thought about the external world." "Is our thought about objects in the world always descriptive, mediated by our conceptions of those objects? Or is some of our thought somehow more direct, singular, associated more intimately with our perceptual, linguistic, and socially mediated relations to them? Leading experts in the field contributing to this volume make the case for the singularity of thought, and debate a broad spectrum of issues it raises, including the structure of singular thought, the role of acquaintance in perception and communication based reference, the semantics of fictional and mythical terms, and the merits of epistemic, cognitive, and linguistic conditions on singular thought. Their essays explore new diretions for future research and will be an important resource for anyone working at the interface of semantics and mental representation"--BOOK JACKET.;

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New essays on singular thought / edited by Robin Jeshion.

Other author	Jeshion, Robin.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Description	xii, 324 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects	Thought and thinking. Philosophy of mind.

Contents	The structure of singular thought. Getting a thing into a thought / Kent Bach ; Three perspectives on Quantifying in / Nathan Salmon ; On singularity / Kenneth A. Taylor -- Conditions on singular thought. Singular thought : acquaintance, semantic instrumentalism, and cognitivism / Robin Jeshion ; Singular thought : in defence of acquaintance / Franc̨ois Recanati -- Demonstrative and communication-based reference and thought. Demonstrative reference, the relational view of experience, and the proximality principle / John Campbell ; We are acquainted with ordinary things / Imogen Dickie ; Millian externalism / Arthur Sullivan -- Thinking of nothing. Fictional singular imaginings / Manuel García-Carpintero -- Intentionality without exotica / R.M. Sainsbury.
Review	"New Esstys on Singular Thought presents ten new essays on an issue central to philosophy of mind, language, and perception: the nature of our thought about the external world." "Is our thought about objects in the world always descriptive, mediated by our conceptions of those objects? Or is some of our thought somehow more direct, singular, associated more intimately with our perceptual, linguistic, and socially mediated relations to them? Leading experts in the field contributing to this volume make the case for the singularity of thought, and debate a broad spectrum of issues it raises, including the structure of singular thought, the role of acquaintance in perception and communication based reference, the semantics of fictional and mythical terms, and the merits of epistemic, cognitive, and linguistic conditions on singular thought. Their essays explore new diretions for future research and will be an important resource for anyone working at the interface of semantics and mental representation"--BOOK JACKET.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2010920514
ISBN	9780199567881 (hbk.)
ISBN	0199567883 (hbk.)

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