Meaning, Expression and Thought |
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| Author:
| Davis, Wayne A. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Philosophy Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-511-49876-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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This philosophical treatise on the foundations of semantics is a systematic effort to clarify, deepen and defend the classical doctrine that words are conventional signs of mental states, principally thoughts and ideas, and that meaning consists in their expression.
This philosophical treatise on the foundations of semantics is a systematic effort to clarify, deepen and defend the classical doctrine that words are conventional signs of mental states, principally thoughts and ideas, and that meaning consists in their expression.