Reference, Truth and Reality
Author | : Mark Platts |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 335 |
Release | : 2016-08-12 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781315533872 |
ISBN-13 | : 1315533871 |
Rating | : 4/5 (871 Downloads) |
Download or read book Reference, Truth and Reality written by Mark Platts and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this collection discuss the central questions about the connections between language, reality and human understanding. The complex relations between accounts of meaning and facts about ordinary speakers’ understanding of their language are examined so as to illuminate the philosophical character of the connections between language and reality. The collection as a whole is a thematically unified treatment of some of the most central questions within contemporary philosophy of language.