Table of Contents

Part I
0: Introduction to Part I
1: A Clumpy World
2: Direct Reference for Extensional Terms
3: Introducing Unitrackers and Unicepts
4: Functions of Same-Tracking
5: How Unicepts Get Their Referents
6: Misrepresentation, Redundancy, Equivocity, Emptiness (and Swampman)
7: Some Implications
Part II
8: Introduction to Part II
9: Indexicals and Self-Signs
10: An Anatomy of Signs
11: Infosigns and Natural Information
12: Intentional Signs
13: Linguistic Signs
14: Perception, Especially Perception through Language
15: Markers of Identity and Grounded Infosigns
16: Out-side Pragmatics: Descriptions, Quantifiers, Directives
Glossary

About the Author

Ruth Garrett Millikan is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of Connecticut. She was raised in the college town of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and educated at Oberlin College and Yale University. She is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Winner of the 2017 Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy. She is also the winner of the 2017 Rolf Shock Prize in Logic and Philosophy. Her other books are Language, Thought and Other
Biological Categories (1984), White Queen Psychology and Other Essays for Alice (1993), On Clear and Confused Ideas (2000), Varieties of Meaning (2004), and Language: A Biological Model (2005).

Reviews

Beyond Concepts is an impressive work of systematic philosophy.
*Mikio Akagi, The Philosophical Quarterly*

Brilliant
*Geoffrey Pullum, Chronicle of Higher Education*

This book is a great philosophical achievement. The breadth and originality of Millikan's view are remarkable. She shows how a naturalistic approach can provide a fresh perspective on central philosophical puzzles and puts forward several new ideas that will engender lively debates. The systematic character of her work is especially impressive - Millikan tackles many different themes, but the various components of her account fit together beautifully and mutually support each other. This book has much to offer to both those already familiar with her work and new readers.
*Andrea Onofri, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews*