Coordinators: Manuel García-Carpintero, Genoveva Martí
Presentation of
the Theory
K. Donnellan, "Proper Names and Identifying Descriptions", Davidson & Harman,
Semantics of Natural Language, Reidel, 1972.
J. Searle, Intentionality, ch. 8, Cambridge U.P., Cambridge 1983. (Also in
Martinich, The Philosophy of Language, 2nd. edition.)
J. Almog, "Semantic Anthropology", Midwest Studies in Philosophy, vol. 9,
Causation, French, Uehling and Wettstein (eds.), University of Minnesota
Press, Minneapolis, 1984.
J. Perry, "Frege on Demonstratives", in his The Problem of the Essential
Indexical and other Essays, Oxford U.P., Oxford 1993.
G. Evans, "Understanding Demonstratives", in his Collected Papers, Oxford
University Press, Oxford 1985.
Problems I:
Cognitive Significance
H. Wettstein, "Turning the Tables on Frege", Philosophical Perspectives,
vol. 3, Philosophy of Mind and Action Theory, J. Tomberlin (ed.) 1989.
J. Perry, "Cognitive Significance and the New Theories of Reference", in su
The Problem of the Essential Indexical and other Essays.
Problems II:
Propositional Attitudes
J. Perry and M. Crimmings, "The Prince and the Phone Booth", in Perry,
The Problem of the Essential Indexical and other Essays.
R. Heck, "The Sense of Communication." Mind 104, 79-106, 1995.
S. Schiffer, "Descriptions, Indexicals, and Belief Reports." Mind 104,
107-131, 1995.
Problems III:
Names Without Reference
S. Kripke, Lectures on Reference and Existence, selec.
K. Donnellan, "Speaking of Nothing", Philosophical Review, LXXXIII, 1974.
Also in Schwartz (ed.), Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds. Cornell U.P.,
Ithaca, 1977.