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Author Pollock, John L., author

Title Language and thought / John L. Pollock
Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1982]
©1982

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Description 1 online resource (313 pages) : illustrations
Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Statemental Theory of Meaning -- II. Traditional Theories of Proper Names -- III. The Meaning of a Proper Name -- IV. Singular Terms -- V. The Traditional Theory of Predicates -- VI. Synthetic Predicates -- VII. Nonsynthetic Predicates -- VIII. The Alethic Modalities -- IX. Doxastic and Epistemic Sentences -- X. Languages, Institutions, and Conventions -- XI. Stating -- XII. Nondeclarative Sentences -- Appendix: A General Statemental Semantics -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Most philosophical theories of language have assumed that statements (products of assertion) and propositions (objects of belief) are the same things. John L. Pollock denies this, maintaining that even when the speaker is perfectly sincere, what he is thinking need not be the same thing as what he is saying. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Language and languages -- Philosophy.
Meaning (Philosophy)
Language and logic
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Language and languages -- Philosophy
Language and logic
Meaning (Philosophy)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400856480
1400856485