FOUR Demonstrative Reference and Definite Descriptions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgments ix
3. Contents xi
4. Introduction 1
5. ONE Can What Is Asserted Be a Sentence? 9
6. TWO Indexical Reference and Propositional Content 20
7. THREE Proper Names and Propositional Opacity 29
8. FOUR Demonstrative Reference and Definite Descriptions 35
9. FIVE The Semantic Significance of the Referential-Attributive Distinction 50
10. SIX Did the Greeks Really Worship Zeus? 59
11. SEVEN How to Bridge the Gap Between Meaning and Reference 69
12. EIGHT Frege-Russell Semantics? 86
13. NINE Has Semantics Rested on a Mistake? 109
14. TEN Cognitive Significance Without Cognitive Content 132
15. ELEVEN Turning the Tables on Frege, or How Is It That "Hesperus Is Hesperus" Is Trivial? 159
16. Notes 179
17. Index 229