Beschreibung:
Heimir Geirsson is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University, USA.
Geirsson's account of the nature of propositions and the cognitive value of names focuses on subjects organizing information in webs; a name can then access and elicit information from a given web. Geirsson proceeds to extend the account of information to non-referring names, but they have long provided a serious challenge to the causal reference theorist.
1. Introduction and Overview 2. Reference 3. Propositions: Structure and Objects 4. Reporting Attitudes 5. Singular Propositions and Acquaintance 6. Beliefs and Belief Reports 7. Empty Names 8. Attitude Contexts: Beliefs and Justification Notes Index