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<p><b>Volume I</b></p> <p>List of Contributors viii</p> <p>Preface to the Second Edition xv</p> <p>Preface to the First Edition xvi</p> <p><b>Part I Meaning and Theories of Meaning 1</b></p> <p>1 Metaphysics, Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Language 3<br /><i>Michael Morris</i></p> <p>2 Meaning and Truth‐Conditions: From Frege’s Grand Design to Davidson’s 27<br /><i>David Wiggins</i></p> <p>3 Intention and Convention in the Theory of Meaning 49<br /><i>Stephen Schiffer</i></p> <p>4 Meaning, Use, Verification 73<br /><i>John Skorupski<br /></i><i>Postscript: Bernhard Weiss</i></p> <p>5 Semantics and Pragmatics 107<br /><i>Guy Longworth</i></p> <p>6 Pragmatics 127<br /><i>Charles Travis</i><br /><i>Postscript: Charles Travis</i></p> <p>7 On the Linguistic Status of Context Sensitivity 151<br /><i>John Collins</i></p> <p>8 A Guide to Naturalizing Semantics 174<br /><i>Barry Loewer<br /></i><i>Postscript: Peter Schulte</i></p> <p>9 Inferentialism 197<br /><i>Julien Murzi and Florian Steinberger</i></p> <p>10 Against Harmony 225<br /><i>Ian Rumfitt</i></p> <p>11 Meaning and Privacy 250<br /><i>Edward Craig<br /></i><i>Postscript: Guy Longworth</i></p> <p>12 Tacit Knowledge 272<br /><i>Alexander Miller</i></p> <p>13 Radical Interpretation 299<br /><i>Jane Heal<br /></i><i>Postscript: Alexander Miller</i></p> <p>14 Propositional Attitudes 324<br /><i>Mark Richard</i></p> <p>15 Holism 357<br /><i>Christopher Peacocke</i></p> <p>16 Metaphor 375<br /><i>Richard Moran<br /></i><i>Postscript: Andrew McGonigal</i></p> <p>17 Conditionals 401<br /><i>Anthony S. Gillies</i></p> <p>18 Generics 437<br /><i>Bernhard Nickel</i></p> <p>19 Deflationist Theories of Truth, Meaning, and Content 463<br /><i>Stephen Schiffer</i></p> <p><b>Volume II</b></p> <p><b>Part I L anguage, Truth, and Reality 491</b></p> <p>20 Realism and its Oppositions 493<br /><i>Bob Hale<br /></i><i>Postscript: Bernhard Weiss</i></p> <p>21 Theories of Truth 532<br /><i>Ralph C. S. Walker<br /></i><i>Postscript: Michael P. Lynch</i></p> <p>22 Truthmaker Semantics 556<br /><i>Kit Fine</i></p> <p>23 Analyticity 578<br /><i>Paul Artin Boghossian<br /></i><i>Postscript: Paul Artin Boghossian</i></p> <p>24 Rule‐Following, Objectivity, and Meaning 619<br /><i>Bob Hale<br /></i><i>Postscript: Daniel Wee</i></p> <p>25 The Normativity of Meaning 649<br /><i>Anandi Hattiangadi</i></p> <p>26 Indeterminacy of Translation 670<br /><i>Crispin Wright<br /></i><i>Postscript: Alexander Miller</i></p> <p>27 Putnam’s Model‐Theoretic Argument against Metaphysical Realism 703<br /><i>Bob Hale and Crispin Wright<br /></i><i>Postscript: Jussi Haukioja</i></p> <p>28 Sorites 734<br /><i>Mark Sainsbury and Timothy Williamson<br /></i><i>Postscript: Aidan McGlynn</i></p> <p>29 Time and Tense 765<br /><i>Berit Brogaard</i></p> <p>30 Relativism 787<br /><i>Patrick Shirreff and Brian Weatherson</i></p> <p><b>Part II Reference, Identity, and Necessity 805</b></p> <p>31 Modality 807<br /><i>Bob Hale<br /></i><i>Postscript: Bob Hale</i></p> <p>32 Relativism about Epistemic Modals 843<br /><i>Andy Egan</i></p> <p>33 Internalism and Externalism 865<br /><i>Jussi Haukioja</i></p> <p>34 Essentialism 881<br /><i>Graeme Forbes<br /></i><i>Postscript: Penelope Mackie</i></p> <p>35 Reference and Necessity 902<br /><i>Robert Stalnaker</i></p> <p>36 Names and Rigid Designation 920<br /><i>Jason Stanley</i></p> <p>37 Two‐Dimensional Semantics 948<br /><i>Christian Nimtz</i></p> <p>38 The Semantics and Pragmatics of Indexicals 970<br /><i>John Perry</i></p> <p>39 Objects and Criteria of Identity 990<br /><i>E. J. Lowe<br /></i><i>Postscript: Harold Noonan</i></p> <p>40 Relative Identity 1013<br /><i>Harold Noonan</i></p> <p>41 <i>De Jure </i>Codesignation 1033<br /><i>James Pryor</i></p> <p>Glossary 1080</p> <p>Index 1117</p>

<p> Bob Hale is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Sheffield. He is a member of the editorial board of Philosophia Mathematica, and is author of Abstract Objects (Blackwell, 1987) and Necessary Beings (2013; revised 2nd edn, 2015); co-editor of Reading Putnam (with Peter Clark; Blackwell, 1994), The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Language (with Crispin Wright; Blackwell, 1997), and Modality: Metaphysics, Logic, and Epistemology (with Aviv Hoffmann, 2010); and co-author of The Reason's Proper Study (with Crispin Wright, 2001). <p>Crispin Wright is Professor of Philosophy at New York University and Professor of Philosophical Research at the University of Stirling. His books include Wittgenstein on the Foundations of Mathematics (1980), Frege's Conception of Numbers as Objects (1983), Truth and Objectivity (1992), Realism, Meaning and Truth (2nd edn, 1993), The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy of Language (with Bob Hale, Blackwell, 1997), The Reason's Proper Study (with Bob Hale, 2001), Rails to Infinity (2001), and Saving the Differences (2003). <p>Alexander Miller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, New Zealand. His publications include Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction Revised and Expanded (2nd edn, 2013), Philosophy of Language Revised and Expanded (2nd edn, 2007), and Rule-Following and Meaning (with Crispin Wright, 2002).

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