Meaning

Name: Meaning
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ISBN: 9780198237280

ISBN-10: 0198237286

ISBN-13: 9780198237280

Edition: 1998

Authors: Paul Horwich

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What is meaning? Paul Horwich presents an original philosophical theory, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all comers. At the core of his theory is the idea, made famous by Wittgenstein, that the meaning of a word derives from its use; Horwich articulates this idea in a new way that will restore it to the prominence that it deserves. He surveys the diversity of valuable insights into meaning that have been gained in the twentieth century, and seeks to accommodate them within his theory. His aim is not to correct a common-sense view of meaning, but to vindicate it: he seeks to take the mystery out of meaning. Horwich's 1990 book Truth established itself both as the definitive…

Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/18/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 254
Size: 5.43" wide x 8.50" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English




Introduction



Pseudo-Constraints on an Adequate Theory of Meaning



Meaning as Use



Truth



Reference



Implicit Definition, Analyticity, and A-priori Knowledge



The Composition of Meanings



Norms of Language



Quelling Quine's Qualms



A Straight Solution to Kripke's Sceptical Paradox


Bibliography


Index