Thesis
Can God be an object of reference?
- Abstract:
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This thesis is an attempt to give a workable account of 'God', to exhibit its logical status and to show how it can be introduced into language.
The first chapter, after rejecting the view that 'God' is not a referring expression, notes the differences between various types of referring expression, and considers the objections to taking 'God* as a descriptive term, a title, and a proper name. It is concluded that 'God* is the proper name of a spirit, the objections to the other acc...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1980
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
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- Local pid:
- td:602324941
- Source identifiers:
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602324941
- Deposit date:
- 2013-01-18
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- Copyright holder:
- Bench-Capon, T. J. M.
- Copyright date:
- 1980
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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