Language and World: A Defence of Linguistic Idealism

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Contents
Preface
1 Context and Compositionality
	1 The Context Principle
	2 The Principle of Compositionality
	3 Forwards and Reverse Compositionality
2 The Theoreticity of Meaning
	4 Davidsonian Theories of Meaning (I)
	5 Context-Sensitivity and Vagueness
	6 The Question of Paradox
	7 Davidsonian Theories of Meaning (II)
	8 Etchemendy’s Objection to Davidson
3 Reference and Ontology
	9 Meaning and Reference
	10 Reference and Aboutness
	11 The Permutation Argument
	12 Reference and Theoreticity
	13 Reference and Causation
4 Reference and Sense
	14 Suppositio, Significatio, and Sense
	15 The References of Predicates and Sentences
	16 Sense and the de re
	17 Predicates and Paradox
	18 Empty Names and Descriptive Names
	19 Rigid Designation and Acquaintance
5 Propositions
	20 Russellian Propositions
	21 The Individuation of Propositions
	22 Syntax and LF
	23 Propositions as Phrase Markers in re
	24 The ‘Benacerraf’ Problem and Logical Form
	25 Singular Propositions (I): Constitution and Concreta
	26 Singular Propositions (II): Modality and Fiction
6 Truth, Falsity, and the World
	27 Language and Ontology
	28 Ontological Generosity
	29 Linguistic and Transcendental Idealisms
	30 Truth, Correspondence, and States of Affairs
7 Realism, Pragmatism, and Linguistic Idealism
	31 Realism, Pragmatism, and Communication
	32 Pragmatism and Objective Truth
	33 Combining Realism With Linguistic Idealism
	34 Disquotation and Normativity
	35 Disquotation and Linguistic Idealism
	36 What Is the Difference Between Truth and Falsity?
	37 The Return of the Pragmatist?
8 Linguistic Idealism: Problems and Solutions
	38 Problems for Linguistic Idealism (I)
	39 Problems for Linguistic Idealism (II)
	40 Solutions (I)
	41 Solutions (II)
	42 Conclusion
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