02957nam 2200697Ia 450 991097037970332120251117115544.00-19-159772-40-19-151920-097866119704201-281-97042-59786610809806(CKB)111087313299452(EBL)679500(OCoLC)191826861(SSID)ssj0000088224(PQKBManifestationID)11111068(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088224(PQKBWorkID)10071332(PQKB)10501776(StDuBDS)EDZ0000075606(MiAaPQ)EBC679500(Au-PeEL)EBL679500(CaPaEBR)ebr10273334(CaONFJC)MIL197042(MiAaPQ)EBC7034149(PPN)170720187(OCoLC)39868108(FINmELB)ELB163941(Au-PeEL)EBL7034149(OCoLC)1148101216(EXLCZ)9911108731329945219980903d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMeaning /Paul Horwich1st ed.Oxford Clarendon Press ;New York Oxford University Pressc19981 online resource (254 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-823728-6 0-19-823824-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Pseudo-Constraints on an Adequate Account of Meaning; 3. Meaning as Use; 4. Truth; 5. Reference; 6. Implicit Definition, Analytic Truth, and A Priori Knowledge; 7. The Composition of Meanings; 8. Norms of Language; 9. Quelling Quine's Qualms; 10. A Straight Solution to Kripke's Sceptical Paradox; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; WWhat is meaning? Paul Horwich presents an original philosophical theory, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all comers. At the core of his theory is the idea, made famous by Wittgenstein, that the meaning of a word derives from its use; Horwich articulates this idea in a new way that will restore it to the prominence that it deserves. He surveys the diversity of valuable insights into meaning that have been gained in the twentieth century, and seeks to accommodatethem within his theory. His aim is not to correct a common-sense view of meaning, but to vindicate it: he seeks to taMeaning (Philosophy)Semantics (Philosophy)Meaning (Philosophy)Semantics (Philosophy)121/.68Horwich Paul182965MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910970379703321Meaning4464764UNINA