Figurative language
By: editors, Peter A. French, Howard K. Wettstein.
Contributors: French, Peter A.; Wettstein, Howard K.
Series: Midwest studies in philosophy -- v. 25
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Analysis (Philosophy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Poetry: "Moore's paradox" -- John Koethe -- "The; title: freestone wall and the walled garden" -- Emily Grosholz; title: Papers: Thoughts and poetry \ -- John Koethe; title: What are fictions for -- Bernard Harrison; title: Hermeneutic fictionalism -- Jason Stanley; title: Go figure: a path through fictionalism -- Stephen Yablo; title: Seeking a centaur, adoring Adonis: intensional transitives and empty terms -- Mark Richard; title: Meaning and uselessness: how to think about derogatory words -- Jennifer Hornsby; title: Davidson on metaphor -- Marga Reimer; title: Metaphor and what is said: a defense of a direct expression view of metaphor -- Anne Bezuidenhout; title: Knowledge by metaphor -- Josef Stern -- An; title: expedition abroad: metaphor, thought, and reporting -- Emma Borg; title: Speaking loosely: sentence nonliterality -- Kent Bach; title: Literal/nonliteral -- Franc̜ois Recanati; title: Midwest studies in philosophy 1976-2002.