Language in the world : a philosophical enquiry /

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Author / Creator:Cresswell, M. J.
Imprint:Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Description:x, 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Cambridge studies in philosophy
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1604017
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ISBN:0521445620 (hardback)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. A simple formal language
  • 2. Predicates and functors
  • 3. The isomorphism problem
  • 4. Quantification
  • 5. Transmundism
  • 6. Putnam's 'Meaning of 'meaning''
  • 7. Lewis on languages and language
  • 8. Causation and semanitcs
  • 9. Belief-desire psychology
  • 10. Direct knowledge
  • References
  • Index