The Varieties of Reference

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The Varieties of Reference is a highly influential work of analytic philosophy in which Gareth Evans develops a detailed theory of reference, perception, and singular thought.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf non-fiction book
philosophy book
work of analytic philosophy
academicDiscipline analytic philosophy
author Gareth Evans NERFINISHED
compiledFrom Gareth Evans’s manuscripts and lectures
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
editor John McDowell NERFINISHED
firstEditionFormat hardcover
hasPart appendix by John McDowell
chapter on demonstrative identification
chapter on descriptive names
chapter on perception and objectivity
chapter on proper names
chapter on self-ascription
hasTheoreticalFocus anti-descriptivist elements about names
conditions for singular thought
link between information and reference
role of perception in thought about objects
influenced contemporary philosophy of language
contemporary philosophy of mind
discussions of object-dependent thought
theories of demonstratives
theories of singular thought
language English
notableFor detailed theory of reference
influence on debates about objectivity in perception
integration of perception and singular thought
posthumousWorkOf Gareth Evans NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1982
publisher Clarendon Press NERFINISHED
Oxford University Press
subject demonstratives
descriptive names
indexicals
information-based semantics
object-dependent thought
perception
philosophy of language
philosophy of mind
proper names
reference and perception
self-consciousness
singular terms
singular thought
theory of reference

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