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Ways of meaning

an introduction to philosophy of language

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An edition of Ways of meaning (1979)

Ways of meaning

an introduction to philosophy of language

2nd ed.
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The philosophy of language is not isolated philosophical discipline of merely technical interest to other philosophers. Rather, as Mark Platts shows, it can help to solve traditional problems in other areas of philosophy, such as metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Ways of Meaning provides a clear, comprehensive introduction to such issues at the forefront of philosophy.

Assuming only minimum knowledge of elementary formal logic, the book shows how taking truth as the central notion in the theory of meaning can clarify the relations between language, reality, and knowledge, and thus illuminate the nature of each.

This second edition of the book contains a new chapter on the notions of natural-kind words and natural kinds. Unlike other discussions of the subject, this one places the semantic issues involved in the context of questions about the relations between knowing subjects and known objects. The author has also added a bibliography of further readings published since the first edition appeared in 1979.

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MIT Press
Language
English
Pages
304

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Ways of meaning: an introduction to philosophy of language
1997, MIT Press
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Ways of meaning: an introduction to a philosophy of language
1979, Routledge & K. Paul
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-299) and index.
"A Bradford book."

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Cambridge, Mass

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Dewey Decimal Class
121/.68
Library of Congress
P106 .P56 1997, P106.P56 1997

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Pagination
xiv, 304 p. :
Number of pages
304

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Open Library
OL1005424M
Internet Archive
waysmeaningintro00plat
ISBN 10
0262161664, 0262661071
LCCN
96045206
OCLC/WorldCat
35796463
Library Thing
1491549
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1604/9780262661072, 10.1604/9780262161664
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