The Philosophy of David Kaplan

by Joseph Almog, Paolo Leonardi

Overview

This volume collects new, previously unpublished articles on the philosopher David Kaplan. Kaplan's intellectual influence on 20th century analytic philosophy has been substantial. Beyond his highly influential work in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic, Kaplan is just as important in his way of doing philosophy: generous, witty, incisive, and interactive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199709915
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/17/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Joseph Almog is Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of What Am I? (Oxford, 2002) and co-editor of Themes from Kaplan (Oxford, 1989), and most recently Cogito (Oxford, 2008).
Paolo Leonardi is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Collegio Superiore at the University of Bologna. He co-edited On Quine (1995) with Marco Santambrogio.

Table of Contents

c AcknowledgementsAbout the contributorsI. Life and Work1. Joseph Almog: "David Kaplan - The Man at Work";2. C. Anthony Anderson: "David Kaplan's Essential Attributes and Formal Aspects of His Work"3. Nathan Salmon: "Quantifying Into The Unquantifiable / The Life and Work of David Kaplan"II. Logic and Semantics4Terence Parsons: "Higher-Order Senses";5. Edward Keenan: "Some Logical Properties of Natural Language Quantifiers"6. C. Anthony Anderson: "The Lesson Of Kaplan's Paradox About Possible World Semantics"7. Sten Lindstrom: "Possible Worlds Semantics and the Liar / Reflections on a Problem Posed by Kaplan"8. Kit Fine: "The Role of Variables"III. Language and Thought9.. Tim Williamson: "Reference, Inference and the Semantics of Pejoratives"10. Christopher Peacocke: "Representing Thoughts: Sense, the Hierarchy and Understanding"11. John Perry: "Demonstratives, Utterances and Logic"12. Stavroula Glezakos: "Can Frege Pose Frege's Puzzle?"13. Erin L. Eaker: "David Kaplan on De Re Belief"14. Robert Stalnaker: "What is De Re Belief?"15. Tyler Burge: "Five Theses on De Re States and Attitudes"

Editorial Reviews

"[T]his book is a very interesting collection of articles by mostly prominent philosophers focusing both on Kaplan's own innovations in the philosophy of language and philosophical logic, as well as further reflections on these themes.... The articles in this book make clear that the problems discussed and brought up by David Kaplan are still worth thinking about."—Robert van Rooij, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

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