Semantic RelationismISBN: 978-1-4051-0843-0
Hardcover
160 pages
July 2007, Wiley-Blackwell
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"Combines careful, detailed argumentation with inspiration and synoptic vision for the bigger picture. ... One can reasonably expect Fine's book to be a spur for thinking about these issues for many years to come." (Mind, October 2009)
“With characteristic brilliance and rigor, Kit Fine advances
a radically new conception of semantic structure that casts light
from an unexpected direction on the nature of compositionality and
the theory of direct reference.”
Tim Williamson, Oxford University
Tim Williamson, Oxford University
“How can two sentences represent the world as being
precisely the same way, yet differ in meaning, and express
propositions that are rationally believed in different
circumstances? Echoing themes initially broached by such
philosophers as Hilary Putnam and David Kaplan, Kit Fine answers
with a novel conception of semantics uniting the two-sided
connection of meaning with mind and world, and culminating in an
ingenious, representationalist theory designed to incorporate
contemporary Millianism while accommodating traditional Fregean
intuitions. A delight to read, the book will be mined for its ideas
and arguments for years to come.”
Scott Soames, University of Southern California