Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface x
4. I. The Statemental Theory of Meaning 1
5. II. Traditional Theories of Proper Names 40
6. III. The Meaning of a Proper Name 55
7. IV. Singular Terms 106
8. V. The Traditional Theory of Predicates 128
9. VI. Synthetic Predicates 140
10. VII. Nonsynthetic Predicates 166
11. VIII. The Alethic Modalities 175
12. IX. Doxastic and Epistemic Sentences 188
13. X. Languages, Institutions, and Conventions 210
14. XI. Stating 239
15. XII. Nondeclarative Sentences 253
16. Appendix: A General Statemental Semantics 265
17. Bibliography 289
18. Index 295