Truth in virtue of meaning /

The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences (the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of what they mean) is a famous focus of philosophical controversy. Gillian Russell reinvigorates the debate with a new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Russell, Gillian Kay, 1976-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Subjects:	S. Truth. Meaning (Philosophy) Grammar, Comparative and general > Sentences. Knowledge, Theory of. Vérité. Signification (Philosophie) Phrase (Linguistique) Théorie de la connaissance. truth. epistemology. PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology. Grammar, Comparative and general > Sentences Knowledge, Theory of Truth Analytisches Urteil Waarheid. Betekenis. Semantiek. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

The 'in virtue of' relation
Meaning
Beyond modality
The spectre of "two dogmas"
Definitions
More arguments against analyticity
Analytic justification.