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Paul Horwich - Reflections on Meaning, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

Reflections on Meaning

Av Paul Horwich

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Beskrivning
Paul Horwich, one of the world's most distinguished philosophers, develops in this book his highly original deflationary conception of language. His main aim in Reflections on Meaning is to explain how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are able to capture the world - that is, how words and sentences (in whatever medium) come to mean what they do, to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality. His answer is an innovative development of Wittgenstein's idea that the meaning of a term is nothing more than its use.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2005-11-10
  • Mått: 144 x 224 x 19 mm
  • Vikt: 434 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 246
  • Förlag: OUP OXFORD
  • ISBN: 9780199251254
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This lucid, closely argued, and stimulating book offers Horwich's latest formulation and defence of his Use Theory of Meaning . . . there is a great deal of interesting and nuanced argument on almost every page of this thought-provoking book, including detailed responses to important semantic theorists such as Chomsky, Davidson, Dummett, Fodor, Grice, Kripke, Putnam, and Quine. For anyone interested in the prospects for a use-based theory of meaning, or a naturalistic reduction of semantics, or who wants a clear sense of current issues at the cutting-edge of philosophy of language, Horwich's book is required reading.

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