The Varieties of Reference

Author: Evans, Gareth (late Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, late Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy, Unive

Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Published on 28 October 1982 by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Clarendon Paperbacks' series.

Gareth Evans, one of the most brilliant philosophers of his generation, died in 1980 at the age of thirty-four. He had been working for many years on a book about reference, but did not complete it before his death. The work was edited for publication by John McDowell, who contributes a Preface.