Bibliograph

Frege's detour, an essay on meaning, reference, and truth, John Perry

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Frege's detour, an essay on meaning, reference, and truth, John Perry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frege's detour

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1122454466

Responsibility statement

John Perry

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.Context and content

Sub title

an essay on meaning, reference, and truth

Summary

John Perry offers a rethinking of Gottlob Frege's seminal contributions to philosophy of language. Frege's innovations provided the basis of modern logic, but his influence in other areas should not be understated. For instance, the view that he developed in 'On Sense and Reference', the most studied essay in the philosophy of language, dominated 20th-century work in the field and continues to be very influential. Perry explains and charts the development of Frege's views in this area, and argues that his doctrine of indirect reference directed philosophy of language on a long detour from which only now can we emerge. Perry advocates a move away from indirect reference and presents an alternative framework which does not require the abandoning of circumstances in the references of sentences.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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