Table of Contents

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	Abstract of the Dissertation			xiii
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	Chapter 1			1
		1.0	The problem	1
		1.1	The singular term: an ambiguous name	2
		1.20	Logically distinct does not mean logically independent	4
		1.21	English*	5
		1.3	Belief-context ambiguity	8
		1.31	Singly-embedded belief contexts: and informal account	8
		1.32	Multiply-embedded belief contexts	11
		1.321	A categorical grammar for English*	14
		1.322	The semantics of English*	19
		1.323	Logically distinct does not mean logically independent	23
		1.4	Conclusion	26
	Footnotes to Chapter 1			28
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	Chapter 2			30
		2.0	The reference theory of meaning	41
		2.1	The picture theory of language	46
		2.2	Particular facts	48
		2.3	General facts	50
		2.4	General propositions and propositional functions	57
		2.5	The puzzles	63
		2.51	Existence statements	63
		2.52	Identity statements	68
		2.53	Necessity statements	72
		2.6	Singular sentences and particular propositions	76
		2.61	Arguments from "exists"	76
		2.62	The argument from the law of the excluded middle	83
		2.7	Particular propositions and general propositions	89
		2.8	The particular	98
		2.9	The identity-relation	101
	Footnotes to Chapter 2			121
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	Bibliography			134