Meaning, Reference and Necessity New Studies in Semantics [Paperback]

A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK.A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. There is a core of problems in the theory of meaning which have been accorded a central importance by philosophers, logicians and theoretical linguists, and which have stimulated some of the most powerful and original work in these subjects.A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. There is a core of problems in the theory of meaning which have been accorded a central importance by philosophers, logicians and theoretical linguists, and which have stimulated some of the most powerful and original work in these subjects.A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. There is a core of problems in the theory of meaning which have been accorded a central importance by philosophers, logicians and theoretical linguists, and which have stimulated some of the most powerful and original work in these subjects. The contributors to the volume have a common interest in these topics, insist on their continuing and fundamental importance, and offer here a distinctive and original contribution to them.Introduction; 1. The problem of necessary truth E. J. Craig; 2. 'Alternative' in 'alternative logic' Susan Haack; 3. Quantification, modality, and indirect speech Thomas Baldwin; 4. Proper names, reference, and rigid designation Christopher Peacocke; 5. Conversational implicatures Ralph C. S. Walker; 6. The identity of propositions Simon Blackburn; Bibliographical index.