Meaning / / David E. Cooper

• Autore: Cooper David E (David Edward), <1942-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (159 p.)
• Disciplina: 121.68
• Soggetto topico: Meaning (Philosophy)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: First published 2003 by Acumen.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Meaning 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Meaning
• ISBN: 1-317-48931-4; 1-317-48932-2; 1-315-71056-0; 1-282-92148-7; 9786612921483; 1-84465-347-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458769003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Central problems of philosophy.