书名: Reflections on Meaning
作者: Paul Horwich (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (December 9, 2005)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0199251258
ISBN-13: 978-0199251254
Book Description
Paul Horwich's main aim in Reflections on Meaning is to explain how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are able to capture the world--that is, how words and sentences (in whatever medium) come to mean what they do, to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality. His answer is a groundbreaking development of Wittgenstein's idea that the meaning of a term is nothing more than its use. While the chapters here have appeared as individual essays, Horwich has edited them to make a continuous argument, focused on articulating and developing an important new conception of language.
Review
"...there is a great deal of interesting and nuanced argument on almost every page of this thought-provoking bbok, including detailed reponses to important and semantic theorists such as Chomsky, Davidson, Dummett, Fodor, Grice, Kripke, Putnam, and Quine. For anyone interested in the prospects for a use-based theory of meaning, or a naturalistic reduction of semantics, or who wants a clear sense of current issues at the cutting-edge philosophy of language, Horwich's book is required reading." -- David Macarthur, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
About the Author
Paul Horwich is at Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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作者: Paul Horwich (Author)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (December 9, 2005)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0199251258
ISBN-13: 978-0199251254
Book Description
Paul Horwich's main aim in Reflections on Meaning is to explain how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are able to capture the world--that is, how words and sentences (in whatever medium) come to mean what they do, to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality. His answer is a groundbreaking development of Wittgenstein's idea that the meaning of a term is nothing more than its use. While the chapters here have appeared as individual essays, Horwich has edited them to make a continuous argument, focused on articulating and developing an important new conception of language.
Review
"...there is a great deal of interesting and nuanced argument on almost every page of this thought-provoking bbok, including detailed reponses to important and semantic theorists such as Chomsky, Davidson, Dummett, Fodor, Grice, Kripke, Putnam, and Quine. For anyone interested in the prospects for a use-based theory of meaning, or a naturalistic reduction of semantics, or who wants a clear sense of current issues at the cutting-edge philosophy of language, Horwich's book is required reading." -- David Macarthur, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
About the Author
Paul Horwich is at Graduate Center, City University of New York.
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