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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779366403321

Autore

Gibbard Allan

Titolo

Meaning and normativity [[electronic resource] /] / Allan Gibbard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-19-870802-5

1-283-86695-1

0-19-166444-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (327 p.)

Disciplina

121.68

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

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

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Normativity and Community""; ""3. Kripke�s Wittgenstein on Meaning""; ""4. Correct Belief""; ""5. Horwich on Meaning""; ""6. The Normative Meaning Role""; ""7. Reference, Truth, and Context""; ""8. Meaning and Plans""; ""9. Interpreting Interpretation""; ""10. Expressivism, Non-Naturalism, and Us""; ""Appendix 1: The Objects of Belief""; ""Appendix 2: Schroeder on Expressivism""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""

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Sommario/riassunto

The concepts of meaning and mental content resist naturalistic analysis. This is because they are normative: they depend on ideas of how things ought to be. This text offers an explanation of these 'oughts', borrowing devices from metaethics to illuminate deep problems at the heart of the philosophy of language and thought.