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Meaning and normativity /

The concepts of meaning and mental content resist naturalistic analysis. This is because they are normative: they depend on ideas of how things ought to be. This text offers an explanation of these 'oughts', borrowing devices from metaethics to illuminate deep problems at the heart of the...

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Main Author: Gibbard, Allan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Meaning (Philosophy)
Normativity (Ethics)
Signification (Philosophie)
Norme (Morale)
PHILOSOPHY > Epistemology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The concepts of meaning and mental content resist naturalistic analysis. This is because they are normative: they depend on ideas of how things ought to be. This text offers an explanation of these 'oughts', borrowing devices from metaethics to illuminate deep problems at the heart of the philosophy of language and thought.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 310 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191664441
0191664448
9781283866958
1283866951
9780191741968
0191741965