I: The Meaning of the First Person Term

I: The Meaning of the First Person Term

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-208

  de Gaynesford, Maximilian ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Deictic term; Determinacy; Discriminability; Expression; First person; Guarantee; Inferential role; Logical character; Reference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954966087     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/0199287821.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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