LEADER 02647oam 2200649I 450 001 9910458769003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-317-48931-4 010 $a1-317-48932-2 010 $a1-315-71056-0 010 $a1-282-92148-7 010 $a9786612921483 010 $a1-84465-347-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315710563 035 $a(CKB)2670000000060789 035 $a(EBL)1900057 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000674202 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11404658 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000674202 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10664750 035 $a(PQKB)11052994 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1900057 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1900057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10455658 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL292148 035 $a(OCoLC)898771413 035 $a(OCoLC)958109315 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000060789 100 $a20180706e20142003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMeaning /$fDavid E. Cooper 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (159 p.) 225 1 $aCentral problems of philosophy 300 $aFirst published 2003 by Acumen. 311 $a1-902683-75-7 311 $a1-902683-76-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1 Preliminaries; 2 The reach of meaning; 3 Language; 4 Knowledge, meaning and world; 5 Meaning, society and the human sciences; 6 Meaning and the Arts; 7 The meaning of life; References; Index 330 $aMeaning is one of our most central and most ubiquitous concepts. Anything at all may, in suitable contexts, have meaning ascribed to it. In this wide-ranging book, David Cooper departs from the usual focus on linguistic meaning to discuss how works of art, ceremony, social action, bodily gesture, and the purpose of life can all be meaningful. He argues that the notion of meaning is best approached by considering what we accept as explanations of meaning in everyday practice and shows that in these situations we are explaining the appropriate fit of an item - whether a word or an artwork - with 410 0$aCentral problems of philosophy. 606 $aMeaning (Philosophy) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMeaning (Philosophy) 676 $a121.68 700 $aCooper$b David E$g(David Edward),$f1942-,$0160546 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458769003321 996 $aMeaning$92263539 997 $aUNINA