The seas of language

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The seas of language

Michael Dummett

Clarendon Press , Oxford University Press, 1996, c1993

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Includes index

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Description

Michael Dummett is one of the most important and influential of contemporary philosophers; this book covers his work in the closely related fields of metaphysics and the philosophy of language.

Table of Contents

  • 1. What is a Theory of Meaning? (I)
  • 2. What is a Theory of Meaning? (II)
  • 3. What do I Know When I Know a Language?
  • 4. What does the Appeal to Use do for the Theory of Meaning?
  • 5. Language and Truth
  • 6. Truth and Meaning *
  • 7. Language and Communication
  • 8. The Source of the Concept of Truth
  • 9. Mood, Force, and Convention *
  • 10. Frege and Husserl on Reference
  • 11. Realism
  • 12. Existence
  • 13. Does Quantification Involve Identity?
  • 14. Could there be Unicorns? +
  • 15. Causal Loops
  • 16. Common Sense and Physics
  • 17. Testimony and Memory *
  • 18. What is Mathematics About?
  • 19. Wittgenstein on Necessity: Some Reflections
  • 20. Realism and Anti-Realism *

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  • NCID
    BA27404718
  • ISBN
    • 0198236212
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford,New York ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xvii, 482 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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