Horwich, Paul
Reflections on Meaning
- ISBN 13:
- 9780199251247
- author:
- Horwich, Paul
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Clarendon Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2005
- Pages:
- 244
- Genre:
- Semantics (meaning)
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Paul Horwich explores how language captures the world in his highly original deflationary conception of meaning. In Reflections on Meaning, he seeks to explain how words and sentences come to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality.
The author's answer is an innovative development of Wittgenstein's idea that the meaning of a term is nothing more than its use. Horwich develops this concept in depth, shedding light on the nature of language and how it relates to our understanding of the world.
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