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Situations and Attitudes
Barwise, Jon, Perry, John
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Description for Situations and Attitudes
Paperback. This volume tackles the slippery subject of 'meaning'. Series: Hume S. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 595.
In this provocative book, Barwise and Perry tackle the slippery subject of 'meaning', a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians. Meaning does not exist solely within words and sentences but resides largely in the situation and the attitudes brought to it by those involved. The authors present an unusually lucid treatment of important innovations in the field of natural semantics, contending that the standard view of logic (as derived from Frege, Russell, and work in mathematics and logic) is inappropriate for many of the uses to which it has been put by scholars. In Situations and ... Read more
In this provocative book, Barwise and Perry tackle the slippery subject of 'meaning', a subject that has long vexed linguists, language philosophers, and logicians. Meaning does not exist solely within words and sentences but resides largely in the situation and the attitudes brought to it by those involved. The authors present an unusually lucid treatment of important innovations in the field of natural semantics, contending that the standard view of logic (as derived from Frege, Russell, and work in mathematics and logic) is inappropriate for many of the uses to which it has been put by scholars. In Situations and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Center for the Study of Language and Inf
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
Hume S.
Condition
New
Weight
595 g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Stanford, United States
ISBN
9781575861937
SKU
V9781575861937
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About Barwise, Jon, Perry, John
Jon Barwise (1942-2000) was professor of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science at Indiana University and one of the founding members of the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI). Recipient of numerous international academic awards, John Perry is the Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, where he has chaired the Philosophy Department and directed the ... Read more
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