Truth and Meaning: Essays in Semantics - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0198245173 ISBN 13 : 9780198245179

Editeur : Oxford University Press, 1976

Synopsis

Most of the papers in this volume bear upon the general question "What is the nature of an acceptable theory of meaning?" taking as their starting point an answer proposed by Donald Davidson. The remaining papers are attempts to work outthe implications of suggested answers to this question, or to solve semantical problems in accordance with them.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Truth and Meaning is a classic collection of original essays on fundamental questions in the philosophy of language. It was first published in 1976, and has remained essential reading in this area ever since; this is its first appearance in paperback. The contributors include leading figures in late twentieth-century philosophy, such as Donald Davidson, Saul Kripke, P. F. Strawson, and Michael Dummett. Most of the papers are not available elsewhere.

Biographie de l'auteur

Gareth Evans was Wilde Reader in Mental Philosophy and Fellow of University College, Oxford; he died at the age of 34, in 1980. John McDowell is University Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh, having previously been a Fellow of University College, Oxford; he is a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press
• Date d'édition: 1976
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0198245173
• ISBN 13: 9780198245179
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 444
• Éditeur: Evans Gareth, McDowell John
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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