Symbolism and Truth
Author | : Ralph Monroe Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Knowledge, Theory of |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ralph Monroe Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1925 |
Genre | : Knowledge, Theory of |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Milton J. E. Senn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1924 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780674330689 |
Author | : Ralph Monroe Eaton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1925 |
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Author | : Richard K. Larson |
Publisher | : Bradford Book |
Total Pages | : 639 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9780262621007 |
Current textbooks in formal semantics are all versions of, or introductions to, the same paradigm in semantic theory: Montague Grammar. Knowledge of Meaning is based on different assumptions and a different history. It provides the only introduction to truth- theoretic semantics for natural languages, fully integrating semantic theory into the modern Chomskyan program in linguistic theory and connecting linguistic semantics to research elsewhere in cognitive psychology and philosophy. As such, it better fits into a modern graduate or undergraduate program in linguistics, cognitive science, or philosophy. Furthermore, since the technical tools it employs are much simpler to teach and to master, Knowledge of Meaning can be taught by someone who is not primarily a semanticist. Linguistic semantics cannot be studied as a stand-alone subject but only as part of cognitive psychology, the authors assert. It is the study of a particular human cognitive competence governing the meanings of words and phrases. Larson and Segal argue that speakers have unconscious knowledge of the semantic rules of their language, and they present concrete, empirically motivated proposals about a formal theory of this competence based on the work of Alfred Tarski and Donald Davidson. The theory is extended to a wide range of constructions occurring in natural language, including predicates, proper nouns, pronouns and demonstratives, quantifiers, definite descriptions, anaphoric expressions, clausal complements, and adverbs. Knowledge of Meaning gives equal weight to philosophical, empirical, and formal discussions. It addresses not only the empirical issues of linguistic semantics but also its fundamental conceptual questions, including the relation of truth to meaning and the methodology of semantic theorizing. Numerous exercises are included in the book.
Author | : John Elof Boodin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1911 |
Genre | : Knowledge, Theory of |
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Author | : Mark de Bretton Platts |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780262661072 |
The philosophy of language is not an isolated philosophical discipline of merely technical interest to other philosophers. Rather, as Mark Platts shows, the philosophy of language 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.
Author | : Gerhard Preyer |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2012-09-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0199697515 |
This volume offers a reappraisal of Donald Davidson's influential philosophy of thought, meaning, and language, Twelve specially written essays by leading philosophers in the field illuminate a range of themes and problems relating to these subjects, and engage in particular with Ernie Lepore and Kirk Ludwig's interpretation of Davidson's thought.
Author | : Dan O'Brien |
Publisher | : Polity |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2006-11-20 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 074563317X |
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge guides the reader through the key issues and debates in contemporary epistemology. Lucid, comprehensive and accessible, it is an ideal textbook for students who are new to the subject and for university undergraduates. The book is divided into five parts. Part I discusses the concept of knowledge and distinguishes between different types of knowledge. Part II surveys the sources of knowledge, considering both a priori and a posteriori knowledge. Parts III and IV provide an in-depth discussion of justification and scepticism. The final part of the book examines our alleged knowledge of the past, other minds, morality and God. O'Brien uses engaging examples throughout the book, taking many from literature and the cinema. He explains complex issues, such as those concerning the private language argument, non-conceptual content, and the new riddle of induction, in a clear and accessible way. This textbook is an invaluable guide to contemporary epistemology.
Author | : Stephen Hetherington |
Publisher | : Edinburgh University Press |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2019-07-30 |
Genre | : PHILOSOPHY |
ISBN | : 1474469124 |
This textbook introduction offers a new way of approaching metaphysics and epistemology - via links to ethical and social questions. It asks questions such as: Fundamentally, what are we? And what, if anything, do we know?
Author | : Daniel John O'Connor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : |
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