Contemporary philosophy of thought : truth, world, content
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Contemporary philosophy of thought : truth, world, content
(Contemporary philosophy)
Blackwell Publishers, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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ISBN 9780631190769
Description
This lucid and engaging volume provides an introduction to the essential issues and concepts of contemporary analytic philosophy. It introduces students to the pivotal arguments that motivate work in the field, while arguing a definite point of view in a style that encourages discussion and debate.It develops a broadly Fregean methodology in which semantics is concerned with the concept of content required in rationalizing explanations of behaviour. Key problems and positions covered include: truth, meaning, and inference: arguments against the possibility of meaning: the realism/anti-realism debate, and the theory of inference. This text gives voice to the idea that the study of the philosophy of thought and language is more than a specialism, but rather lies at the very heart of the discipline.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Methodologies. 2. Russell's Theory of Descriptions. 3. The Semantic Theory of Truth. 4. Truth and Meaning. 5. Interpretation, Minimal Truth and the World. 6. Meaning, Metaphysics and Logic. 7. The Possibility of a Naturalistic Theory of Meaning. 8. What is a Theory of Reference? 9. Sense and Reference. 10. The Causal Theory of Reference and the Social Character of Meaning. 11. Content and Context. 12. Contextual Content. Notes. Bibliography. Index.
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: pbk ISBN 9780631190776
Description
This lucid and engaging volume provides an introduction to the essential issues and concepts of contemporary analytic philosophy.
Table of Contents
Preface. 1. Methodologies.
2. Russell's Theory of Descriptions.
3. The Semantic Theory of Truth.
4. Truth and Meaning.
5. Interpretation, Minimal Truth and the World.
6. Meaning, Metaphysics and Logic.
7. The Possibility of a Naturalistic Theory of Meaning.
8. What is a Theory of Reference?.
9. Sense and Reference.
10. The Causal Theory of Reference and the Social Character of Meaning.
11. Content and Context.
12. Contextual Content.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
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