Meaning / Edition 1

by Paul Horwich

Overview

In this new book, the author of the classic Truth presents an original theory of meaning, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all contenders. He surveys the diversity of twentieth-century philosophical insights into meaning and shows that his theory can reconcile these with a common-sense view of meaning as derived from use. Meaning and its companion volume Truth (now published in a revised edition) together demystify two central issues in philosophy and offer a controversial but compelling view of the relations between language, thought, and reality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198238249
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/18/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	1470L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction2. Pseudo-Constraints on an Adequate Theory of Meaning3. Meaning as Use4. Truth5. Reference6. Implicit Definition, Analyticity, and A-priori Knowledge7. The Composition of Meanings8. Norms of Language9. Quelling Quine's Qualms10. A Straight Solution to Kripke's Sceptical ParadoxBibliographyIndex