MoL-2014-08: Yarandi, Seyed Mohammad (2014) Proper Names and Propositional Attitudes. [Report]
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The thesis concerns the semantics of proper names in the context of propositional attitude reports. The semantic contribution of names in the scope of attitude verbs famously generates a puzzle, known as Frege~s puzzle. In the thesis, different semantic theories of propositional attitude have been categorized based on their strategy to solve the puzzle. The thesis consists of two parts. The first part (chapters 1-4) critically surveys different solutions of the puzzle in the literature. The discussion of different theories and their shortcomings sets the stage for the second part.
The second part (chapters 5-6) provides a new solution to the puzzle. The solution is based on a new theory concerning the mechanism of reference and meaning of proper names. The meaningful use of proper names is argued to require the satisfaction of a competence condition which is used to explain peculiarities of reference found in both their regular contexts, as well as in the context of propositional attitude verbs.
Item Type: | Report |
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Report Nr: | MoL-2014-08 |
Series Name: | Master of Logic Thesis (MoL) Series |
Year: | 2014 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | logic, philosophy |
Subjects: | Logic |
Date Deposited: | 12 Oct 2016 14:38 |
Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2016 14:38 |
URI: | https://eprints.illc.uva.nl/id/eprint/926 |
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