Ebook: Reference and Essence (2nd ed.)

In this new edition of an important work in the philosophy of language, Nathan U Salmon, one of the leading proponents of what has come to be called the new or causal theory of reference, presents his latest thinking on this promising area of study.

Review

""Superior scholarship...reconstructs and clarifies recent arguments in an exemplary way. The thesis of the book (the underivability of essentialism from the theory of direct reference) is an exciting one, and forcefully argued. An invaluable work."

From the Publisher

The first edition won the 1984 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities, awarded by the Council of Graduate Schools in the United States.