In this second edition of Reference and Reflexivity John Perry develops hisreflexivereferential theory of indexicals demonstratives and proper namesand further ... » 

In this second edition of Reference and Reflexivity John Perry develops hisreflexivereferential theory of indexicals demonstratives and proper namesand further illuminates the distinction between semantics and pragmatics.Responding to ideas from both the descriptivist and referentialist traditionsPerry reveals the essential truth behind these competing philosophiesa coherent and structured family of contents from reflexive contents thatplace conditions on their actual utterance to fully incremental contents thatplace conditions only on the objects of referencethus reconciling thelegitimate insights of both traditions. «