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The relationship between thought, language, and the world is an intimate one. When we have an idea or thought about the world and we wish to express that idea or thought to others we utter a sentence or make a statement. If the statement correctly describes the world then it is true. Moreover, it seems as though our ability to have more complex or sophisticated thoughts about the world increases as the complexity of our language or our ability to use the language increases. Understanding the complex relationship between language, thought, and the world is one of the central aims of philosophy. This book is an attempt to increase our understanding of this complex relationship by focusing on certain philosophical issues that arise from our ability to refer to objects in the world though the use of language. In particular, it is an attempt to solve the puzzles of reference and belief that Frege and Russell presented within the context of a theory of direct reference for proper names.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Naming and Believing
Authors: G. W. Fitch
Series Title: Philosophical Studies Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3737-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1987
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2349-9Due: 30 November 1986
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8169-6Published: 30 September 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3737-6Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0921-8599
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8349
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 218
Topics: Philosophy of Language