Meaning, Mind, and Matter: Philosophical Essays

by Ernie Lepore and Barry Loewer

Ernie Lepore and Barry Loewer present a series of papers in which they come to terms with three views that have loomed large in philosophy for several decades: that a theory of meaning for a language is best understood as a theory of truth for that language; that thought and language are best understood together via a theory of interpretation; and that the mental is irreducible to the physical. They aim both to offer critical assessment of the views...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199580782
• ISBN13: 9780199580781
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"