| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 236 pages) |
| Contents |
The space of issues and options -- A use theory of meaning -- The pseudo-problem of error -- The sharpness of vague terms -- Norms of truth and meaning -- Meaning constitution and epistemic rationality -- Meaning and its place in the faculty of language -- Deflating compositionality |
| Summary |
Paul Horwich explains 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Meaning (Philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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Meaning (Philosophy)
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Gebrauchstheorie der Bedeutung
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Sprachphilosophie
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Betekenis.
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Semantiek.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191530678 |
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0191530670 |
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1423788818 |
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9781423788812 |
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9780191603983 |
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0191603988 |
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9786611190651 |
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6611190651 |
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1281190659 |
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9781281190659 |
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