Reflections on meaning /

Paul Horwich explains how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are able to capture the world - that is, how words and sentences (in whatever medium) come to mean what they do, to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horwich, Paul
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Paul Horwich explains how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are able to capture the world - that is, how words and sentences (in whatever medium) come to mean what they do, to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 236 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.
ISBN:9780191530678
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