With Reference to Reference

"Systematizes and develops in a comprehensive study Nelson Goodman's philosophy of language. The Goodman-Elgin point of view is important and sophisticated, and deals with a number of issues, such as metaphor, ignored by most other theories." --John R. Perry, Stanford University Foreword Preface Problem and Project The Subject Roads not taken On Denoting Denotation Complications Predication Projection System Labeling Labels Fictive Labels Counterfactuals Likenes of Meaning Metaphor Metaphorical Denotation Metaphorical Systems Metaphorical Truth Metaphor as Cognitive Exemplification Samples Exemplificational Reference Interpretation Exemplification in the Arts Exemplification in the Sciences Exemplification in Ethics Learning from Experience The Structures of Systems Syntax Semantics Notations Works Exemplificational Systems Quotation Verbal Quotation Pictorial Quotation Musical Quotation Complex and Indirect Reference Representation-As Allusion Metaphorical Likening About 'About' Preliminaries Absolutely About Relatively About Rhetorically About Nominalist Reconstrual True About Conclusion A Discourse on Method Index A theory of reference should identify and characterize the relations between a language (or, more broadly, a symbol system) and its objects, and explain the ways the language functions in or contributes to our understanding of those objects. Presents a study that systematizes and develops Nelson Goodman's philosophy of language. This title deals with various issues, such as metaphor. Catherine Z. Elgin ; With A Foreword By Nelson Goodman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.