Conjoining meanings : semantics without truth values / Paul M. Pietroski.
2018
P325
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Title
Conjoining meanings : semantics without truth values / Paul M. Pietroski.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191850516 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
P325
Dewey Decimal Classification
401.43
Summary
Paul M. Pietroski presents an ambitious new account of human languages as generative procedures that respect substantive constraints. He argues that meanings are neither concepts nor extensions, and sentences do not have truth conditions; meanings are composable instructions for how to access and assemble concepts of a special sort.
Note
Paul M. Pietroski presents an ambitious new account of human languages as generative procedures that respect substantive constraints. He argues that meanings are neither concepts nor extensions, and sentences do not have truth conditions; meanings are composable instructions for how to access and assemble concepts of a special sort.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 18, 2018).
Series
Context and content.
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Print version: 9780198812722
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