| How Reference Works: Explanatory Models for Indexicals, Descriptions, and Opacity Contributor(s): Roberts, Lawrence D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791415759 ISBN-13: 9780791415757 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1993 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Psychology |
| Dewey: 415 |
| LCCN: 92031942 |
| Series: Suny Series, Scientific Studies in Natural and Artificial In |
| Physical Information: (1.02 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: If some aspects of human behavior are too murky to see into, others are too close and transparent to examine; one that has eluded both scientists and philosophers is how speakers of natural languages make words and expressions refer to specific objects in the world. Marshalling his expertise in philosophy, computers, and system science (State U. of |
