The things we mean /

Stephen Schiffer presents an innovative account of meaning and belief and shows how it can illuminate a range of crucial problems regarding language, mind, knowledge and ontology. He introduces the new doctrine of 'pleonastic propositions' to provide accounts of linguistic meaning and know...

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Main Author: Schiffer, Stephen R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : New York : Clarendon ; Oxford University Press, 2003.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Philosophy module.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Stephen Schiffer presents an innovative account of meaning and belief and shows how it can illuminate a range of crucial problems regarding language, mind, knowledge and ontology. He introduces the new doctrine of 'pleonastic propositions' to provide accounts of linguistic meaning and knowledge of meaning.
Physical Description:1 online resource (362 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-358) and index.
ISBN:9780191519604
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