The new theory of reference
Subtitle: Kripke, Marcus, and its origins
By: edited by Paul W. Humphreys and James H. Fetzer.
Contributors: Humphreys, Paul.; Fetzer, James H., 1940-
Series: Synthese library ;; v. 270
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Dordrecht; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Kripke, Saul A., 1940-; Marcus, Ruth Barcan; Reference (Philosophy) -- History -- 20th century
Description: This collection of essays is the definitive version of a widely discussed debate over the origins of the New Theory of Reference. In new articles written especially for this volume, Quentin Smith and Scott Soames, the original participants in the debate, elaborate their positions on who was responsible for the ideas that Saul Kripke presented in his Naming and Necessity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Lectures and papers presented at various times and places.