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What is meaning? /

The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the informa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Soames, Scott
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Colección:Soochow University lectures in philosophy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the world's leading philosophers of language offers a way out of this dilemma. Traditionally conceived, propositions are denizens of a "third realm" beyond mind and matter, "grasped" by mysterious Platonic intuition. As conceived here, they are cognit.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 132 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400833948
1400833949
9780691156392
0691156395