Reflections On Meaning
by Paul Horwich /
2006 / English / PDF
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Paul Horwich's main aim in
Paul Horwich's main aim inReflections on Meaning
Reflections on Meaning is to
explain how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are
able to capture the world--that is, how words and sentences (in
whatever medium) come to
is to
explain how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are
able to capture the world--that is, how words and sentences (in
whatever medium) come tomean
mean what they do, to
what they do, tostand
stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality.
His answer is a groundbreaking development of Wittgenstein's idea
that the meaning of a term is nothing more than its
for certain things, to be true or false of reality.
His answer is a groundbreaking development of Wittgenstein's idea
that the meaning of a term is nothing more than itsuse
use.
While the chapters here have appeared as individual essays, Horwich
has edited them to make a continuous argument, focused on
articulating and developing an important new conception of
language.
.
While the chapters here have appeared as individual essays, Horwich
has edited them to make a continuous argument, focused on
articulating and developing an important new conception of
language.
