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.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford : New York :
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press,
2005.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| 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 0191530670 1423788818 9781423788812 9780191603983 0191603988 9786611190651 6611190651 1281190659 9781281190659 |