Logic, Thought and Language

Much contemporary philosophical debate centres on the topics of logic, thought and language, and on the connections between these topics. This collection of articles is based on the Royal Institute of Philosophy’s annual lecture series for 2000–2001. Its contributors include a number of those working at the forefront of the field, and in their papers they reflect their own current pre-occupations. As such, the volume will be of interest to all philosophers, whether their own work is within the areas of language and thought or not.

• Contributions from leading philosophers • Written in an accessible style

1. What logic should we think with? R. M. Sainsbury; 2. Mental representation and mental presentation Gregory McCulloch; 3. Self-knowledge, normativity and construction Julia Tanney; 4. The normativity of meaning Alan Millar; 5. Two theories of names Gabriel M. A. Segal; 6. Relativism and classical logic Crispin Wright; 7. Principles for possibilia Christopher Peacocke; 8. What are these familiar words doing here? A. W. Moore; 9. Particular thoughts and singular thought M. G. F. Martin; 10. Conditional belief and the Ramsey Test Scott Sturgeon; 11. Necessary existents Timothy Williamson; 12. Ambiguity and belief S. G. Williams; 13. Basic logical knowledge Bob Hale; 14. Frege’s target Charles Travis.