Propositions and Attitudes (Oxford Readings in Philosophy)

About this book

The concept of a proposition is important in several areas of philosophy and central to the philosophy of language. This collection of readings investigates many different philosophical issues concerning the nature of propositions and the ways they have been regarded through the years. Reflecting both the history of the topic and the range of contemporary views the book includes articles from Bertrand Russell Gottlob Frege the Russell-Frege Correspondence Alonzo Church David Kaplan John Perry Saul Kripke Hilary Putnam Mark Richard Scott Soames and Nathan Salmon.