Conjoining meanings: semantics without truth values

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 as...

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1. Verfasser: Pietroski, Paul M. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2018
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung: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
Beschreibung:This edition previously issued in print: 2018
ISBN:9780191850516
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198812722.001.0001

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