designation von devitt michael (3 Ergebnisse)

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Columbia University Press, New York. 1981. 314 pages. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. An essay in the semantics of natural language and the theory of the semantic relationship the author calls designation and the meanings it bears on simple and complex expressions. Includes description theories of proper names, a causal theory of designation, an outline and defense of the semantic program, empty terms, other terms, modal contexts, and contexts of propositional attitudes. E-085; 8.4 X 5.6 X 1.1 inches; 311 pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First edition. 8vo. [4], v-xiii, [3], 3-311, [3] pp. Bound in brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine. Slater 254. Devitt develops and defends a causal theory of reference and examines how this theory fits in with an overall theory of semantics. An attractive copy of Devitt's first book.