Evans, G. (1985). "Understanding demonstratives." Reprinted in: Collected papers. Oxford. [buy book]
Card catalog description
Gareth Evans was Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy and Fellow
of University College, Oxford.
Table of Contents
1. The Causal Theory of Names
2. Identity and Predication
3. Semantic Structure and Logical Form
4. Pronouns, Quantifiers, and Relative Clauses (I)
5. Pronouns, Quantifiers, and Relative Clauses (II)
6. Can There Be Vague Objects?
7. Reference and Contingency
8. Pronouns
9. Things Without the Mind - A Commentary upon Chapter Two of
Strawson's Individuals
10. Understanding Demonstratives
11. Semantic Theory and Tacit Knowledge
12. Does Tense Logic Rest upon a Mistake?
13. Molyneux's Question
Appendix I: Commentary on Jerry A. Fodor's 'Methodological
Solipsism'
Appendix II: A Further Reflection on Semantic Structure and
Logical Form
Index