Kit Fine argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought. His key idea is that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves. This idea is shown to lead to solutions to many of the standard puzzles in the area - Frege's identity puzzle, Kripke's puzzle about belief, and Moore's paradox of analysis. It is also shown to lead to a more defensible form of direct reference theory - one that is immune to many of the objections that the Fregeans have levelled against it. Based upon the first Brown/Blackwell lecture series and the John Locke lectures, this ground-breaking work is essential reading for anyone interested in the general nature of representation.

Introducing a new and ambitious position in the field, Kit Fine's "Semantic Relationism" is a major contribution to the philosophy of language.
Written by one of today's most respected philosophers
Argues for a fundamentally new approach to the study of representation in language and thought
Proposes that there may be representational relationships between expressions or elements of thought that are not grounded in the intrinsic representational features of the expressions or elements themselves
Forms part of the prestigious new" Blackwell/Brown Lectures in Philosophy" series, based on an ongoing series of lectures by today's leading philosophers