Frank Jackson 
Language, Names, and Information 

Language, Names, and Information is an important
contribution to philosophy of language by one of its foremost
scholars, challenging the pervasive view that the description
theory of proper names is dead in the water, and defending a
version of the description theory from a perspective on language
that sees words as a wonderful source of information about the
nature of the world we live in.

* Challenges current pervasive view that the description theory
of reference for proper names has been refuted

* Discusses several topics at the center of current debates,
including representation and information, two-dimensionalism,
possible worlds, and broad vs. narrow content

* Maintains the conversational and somewhat informal tone of the
original lectures upon which the book is based

Table of Content

Prologue.

Lecture One: The Debate over the Theory of Reference for
Proper Names.

Lecture Two: Understanding, Representation,
Information.

Lecture Three: Ir-content and the Set of Worlds Where a
Sentence is True.

Lecture Four: Two Spaceism.

Lecture Five: The Informational Value of Names.

References.

Index.

About the author

Frank Jackson is Visiting Professor in Philosophy at Princeton University and holds a fractional appointment as Distinguished Professor at The Australian National University. Jackson is a corresponding fellow of the British Academy and the author of several books and papers on a wide range of topics in analytical philosophy.