| Description |
xi, 368 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
The shape of the problems -- How is meaning possible? (1) -- How is meaning possible? (2) -- Conventions, intentions, thoughts -- Realism and variations -- Evaluations, projections, and quasi-realism -- Correspondence, coherence, and pragmatism -- Truth and semantics -- Reference |
| Summary |
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to many central aspects of the philosophy of language, among them representation, rule following, convention, intention and thought, realism, and particularly the substantial issues in the philosophy of truth and reference |
| Analysis |
Philosophy of language |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 355-363 |
| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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| LC no. |
83017253 |
| ISBN |
0198246501 |
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019824651X (paperback) |
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