ISBN: 9780521445627

Cambridge University Press, 1994. 172p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. What makes the words we speak mean what they do? Possible-worlds semantics articulates the view … More...

Cambridge University Press, 1994. 172p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy. What makes the words we speak mean what they do? Possible-worlds semantics articulates the view that the meanings of words contribute to determining, for each sentence, which possible worlds would make the sentence true, and which would make it false. M. J. Cresswell argues that the non-semantic facts on which such semantic facts supervene are facts about the causal interactions between the linguistic behaviour of speakers and the facts in the world that they are speaking about, and that the kind of causation involved is best analysed using David Lewis`s account of causation in terms of counterfactuals. Although philosophers have worked on the question of the connection between meaning and linguistic behaviour, it has mostly been without regard to the work done in possible-world semantics and Language in the World is a book-length examination of this problem. (Publisher`s information). Printed on Demand 4 weeks Versand D: 12,00 EUR, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<

2006, ISBN: 9780521445627

Gebunden, 172 Seiten, 222mm x 145mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng What makes the words we speak mean what they do? Possible-worlds semantics articulates the view that the meanings of words cont… More...

Gebunden, 172 Seiten, 222mm x 145mm x 13mm, Sprache(n): eng What makes the words we speak mean what they do? Possible-worlds semantics articulates the view that the meanings of words contribute to determining, for each sentence, which possible worlds would make the sentence true, and which would make it false. M. J. Cresswell argues that the non-semantic facts on which such semantic facts supervene are facts about the causal interactions between the linguistic behaviour of speakers and the facts in the world that they are speaking about, and that the kind of causation involved is best analysed using David Lewis's account of causation in terms of counterfactuals. Although philosophers have worked on the question of the connection between meaning and linguistic behaviour, it has mostly been without regard to the work done in possible-worlds semantics, and Language in the world is the first book-length examination of this problem. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<

1994, ISBN: 9780521445627

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, 172 Seiten, Publiziert: 1994-03-03T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.73… More...

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, 172 Seiten, Publiziert: 1994-03-03T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: black & white illustrations, 0.73 kg, Philosophie, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Linguistik, Schule & Lernen, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, Cambridge University Press, 1994<

2006, ISBN: 0521445620

Gebundene Ausgabe, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]