Meaning Of Meaning V 2

by John Constable

Overview

This is Volume 2 of ten the selected works of I.A. Richards from 1919 to 1938. This book is a study of the difficulties and the influence of language upon thought and the study of that influence, a new avenue of approach to traditional problems hitherto regarded as reserved for the philosopher and the metaphysician, has been found.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415865487
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/23/2014
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Editorial Introduction vii

The Meaning of Meaning

Prefaces 3

Contents 13

1 Thoughts, Words, and Things 21

2 The Power of Words 43

3 Sign-Situations 66

4 Signs in Perception 93

5 The Canons of Symbolism 102

6 The Theory of Definition 122

7 The Meaning of Beauty 150

8 The Meaning of Philosophers 170

9 The Meaning of Meaning 194

10 Symbol Situations 216

Summary 248

Appendices

A On Grammar 255

B On Contexts 269

C Aenesidemus' Theory of Signs 272

D Some Moderns 275

1 Husserl 275

2 Russell 279

3 Frege 280

4 Gomperz 282

5 Baldwin 284

6 Peirce 287

E On Negative Facts 300

Supplement 1 Bronislaw Malinowski, 'The Problem Of Meaning In Primitive Languages' 306

Supplement 2 F. G. Crookshank, 'The Importance of a Theory of Signs and a Critique of Language in the Study of Medicine' 357

Index of Subjects 380

Index of Names 383

Editorial Appendix: Prefaces 386