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Semantics, Metasemantics, Aboutness
| Full title: | Semantics, Metasemantics, Aboutness |
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| ISBN: | 9780198792147 |
| ISBN 10: | 019879214X |
| Authors: | Simchen, Ori |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Num. pages: | 176 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2017 |
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Synopsis
Semantics Aims To Describe The Significance (or Meaning) Of Linguistic Expressions In A Systematic Way. Metasemantics, Or Foundational Semantics, Asks How Expressions Gain Their Significance In The First Place - What Makes It The Case That Expressions Mean What They Do. Metasemantics Has Recently Been Discussed Extensively By Philosophers Of Language, Philosophers Of Mind, And Philosophically Minded Linguists And Psychologists. A Large Concern Is Semantic Indeterminacy, The Worry That There Is No Fact Of The Matter As To The Semantic Significance Of Our Words. Ori Simchen Offers A Distinctly Metasemantic Strategy To Counter This Threat. 'semantics, Metasemantics, Aboutness' Is The First Book-length Treatment Of Metasemantics And Its Relation To The Thriving Research Program Of Truth-conditional Semantics. Ori Simchen. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 151-156) And Index.