What Is Meaning?

by Scott Soames

Book Overview

The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the world's leading philosophers of language offers a way out of this dilemma.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691156395
• ISBN13: 9780691156392
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"