Meaning
Author:   Paul Horwich (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University College, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198238249


Pages:   254
Publication Date:   03 December 1998
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Author:   Paul Horwich (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, University College, London)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Clarendon Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.304kg
ISBN:  

9780198238249


ISBN 10:   019823824
Pages:   254
Publication Date:   03 December 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction 2: Pseudo-Constraints on an Adequate Theory of Meaning 3: Meaning as Use 4: Truth 5: Reference 6: Implicit Definition, Analyticity, and A-priori Knowledge 7: The Composition of Meanings 8: Norms of Language 9: Quelling Quine's Qualms 10: A Straight Solution to Kripke's Sceptical Paradox Bibliography Index

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The remarkable clarity and ease of presentation make it ideal reading for students of philosophy and of the philosophy of language Years Work in English Studies An important book ... a thought-provoking challenge to the current orthodoxies surrounding meaning, one on which all advocates of formal semantics - indeed all those who want an answer to the question of what meaning is - will do well to reflect The Philosophical Review


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Paul Horwich is Professor of Philosophy at University College London. He was previously Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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