Word and Object

by Willard Van Orman Quine

Book Overview

Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. Such is the point of view from which a noted philosopher and logician examines the notion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference. In the course of the discussion, Professor Quine pinpoints the difficulties involved in translation, brings to light the anomalies and conflicts implicit in our language's referential...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262670011
• ISBN13: 9780262670012
• Release Date: March 1964
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher