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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451909203321

Autore

Hinzen Wolfram

Titolo

An essay on names and truths [[electronic resource] /] / Wolfram Hinzen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-16457-7

9786611164577

0-19-153442-0

1-4356-2283-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Oxford linguistics

Disciplina

401

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Truth

Thought and thinking

Names

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1 Roots of the Intentional; 2 Where Meaning Begins: The Atoms of Thought; 3 Structures for Concepts; 4 Structure for Truth; 5 Structure for Names; Conclusions; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book lays new foundations for the study of reference and truth. It explores truth in the light of Noam Chomsky's Minimalist Program and argues that truth is a function of the human mind. It sets out an internalist reconstruction of meaning and explores its outcomes in language and thought. - ;This pioneering book lays new foundations for the study of reference and truth. It seeks to explain the origins and characteristics of human ways of relating to the world by means of an understanding of the inherent structures of the mind. Wolfram Hinzen explores truth in the light of Noam Chomsky's