Preface; 1 Frege on Sense and Reference; 2 Kripke on Names; 3 Russell on Definite Descriptions; 4 Donnellan's Distinction; 5 Kaplan on Demonstratives; 6 Evans on Understanding Demonstratives; 7 Putnam on Semantic Externalism; 8 Tarski's Theory of Truth; 9 Davidson's Semantics for Natural Language; 10 Grice's Theory of Speaker Meaning; Appendix: Kripke's Puzzle about Belief; Notes; Index
Summary
An introduction to philosophy of language through systematic and accessible explanations of ten classic texts by such thinkers as Frege, Kripke, Russell, and Putnam