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1 online resource (xvii, 482 pages) |
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1. What is a theory of meaning? (I) -- 2. What is a theory of meaning? (II) -- 3. What do I know when I know a language? -- 4. What does the appeal to use do for the theory of meaning? -- 5. Language and truth -- 6. Truth and meaning -- 7. Language and communication -- 8. The source of the concept of truth -- 9. Mood, force, and convention -- 10. Frege and Husserl on reference -- 11. Realism -- 12. Existence -- 13. Does quantification involve identity? -- 14. Could there be unicorns? -- 15. Causal loops -- 16. Commom sense and physics -- 17. Testimony and memory -- 18. What is mathematics about? -- 19. Wittgenstein on necessity : some reflections -- 20. Realism and anti-realism |
| Summary |
Dummett defends the verificationist theory of meaning, i.e. to know the meaning of a statement one must be in possession of a procedure to verify it. He also argues for the link between bivalence and the metaphysical doctrine of realism. Other topics include refutation of instrumentalism, mathematical applicability, and more |
| Analysis |
Language Philosophy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
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Metaphysics.
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First philosophy.
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Metaphysics
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metaphysics.
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PHILOSOPHY -- Epistemology.
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First philosophy
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Language and languages -- Philosophy
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Metaphysics
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Sprachlogik
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Sprachphilosophie
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Taalfilosofie.
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Metafysica.
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Philosophie du langage.
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Métaphysique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
93000933 |
| ISBN |
9780191519567 |
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0191519561 |
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9780191597350 |
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019159735X |
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