The seas of language /

Dummett defends the verificationist theory of meaning, i.e. to know the meaning of a statement one must be in possession of a procedure to verify it. He also argues for the link between bivalence and the metaphysical doctrine of realism. Other topics include refutation of instrumentalism, mathematic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dummett, Michael, 1925-2011
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford Univ. Press, ©1993.
Temas:
Language and languages > Philosophy.
Metaphysics.
First philosophy.
Metaphysics
Langage et langues > Philosophie.
Métaphysique.
metaphysics.
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
First philosophy
Language and languages > Philosophy
Sprachlogik
Sprachphilosophie
Taalfilosofie.
Metafysica.
Philosophie du langage.
Language > Philosophy
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. What is a theory of meaning? (I)
  • 2. What is a theory of meaning? (II)
  • 3. What do I know when I know a language?
  • 4. What does the appeal to use do for the theory of meaning?
  • 5. Language and truth
  • 6. Truth and meaning
  • 7. Language and communication
  • 8. The source of the concept of truth
  • 9. Mood, force, and convention
  • 10. Frege and Husserl on reference
  • 11. Realism
  • 12. Existence
  • 13. Does quantification involve identity?
  • 14. Could there be unicorns?
  • 15. Causal loops
  • 16. Commom sense and physics
  • 17. Testimony and memory
  • 18. What is mathematics about?
  • 19. Wittgenstein on necessity : some reflections
  • 20. Realism and anti-realism.

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