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Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning
Scott Soames
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Description for Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning
Hardback. Series: Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 452.
In this book, Scott Soames argues that the revolution in the study of language and mind that has taken place since the late nineteenth century must be rethought. The central insight in the reigning tradition is that propositions are representational. To know the meaning of a sentence or the content of a belief requires knowing which things it represents as being which ways, and therefore knowing what the world must be like if it is to conform to how the sentence or belief represents it. These are truth conditions of the sentence or belief. But meanings and representational contents are ... Read more
In this book, Scott Soames argues that the revolution in the study of language and mind that has taken place since the late nineteenth century must be rethought. The central insight in the reigning tradition is that propositions are representational. To know the meaning of a sentence or the content of a belief requires knowing which things it represents as being which ways, and therefore knowing what the world must be like if it is to conform to how the sentence or belief represents it. These are truth conditions of the sentence or belief. But meanings and representational contents are ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Carl G. Hempel Lecture Series
Condition
New
Weight
455g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691160450
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V9780691160450
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About Scott Soames
Scott Soames is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and director of the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He is the author of many books, including The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy, Volume 1; Analytic Philosophy in America; Philosophy of Language; Philosophical Essays; and Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century (all Princeton).
Reviews for Rethinking Language, Mind, and Meaning
By incorporating elements of philosophy of mind into language and metaphysics, this book represents an important turn in thinking about propositions. The book is certain to have a significant impact in discussions of logic, language, and mind in 21st-century analytic philosophy.
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