Truly understood /

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In Truly Understood, Christopher Peacocke argues that truth and reference have a much deeper role in the explanation of meaning and understanding than has hitherto been appreciated. Examination of specific concepts shows that a grasp of these concepts has to be characterized in terms of reference, i...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Peacocke, Christopher
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Zusammenfassung:
In Truly Understood, Christopher Peacocke argues that truth and reference have a much deeper role in the explanation of meaning and understanding than has hitherto been appreciated. Examination of specific concepts shows that a grasp of these concepts has to be characterized in terms of reference, identity, and relations to the world. Peacocke develops a positive general theory of understanding based on the idea that concepts are individuated by their fundamentalreference rules, which contrasts sharply with conceptual-role, inferentialist, and pragmatist approaches to meaning. He treats though
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 341 pages) : illustrations
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-330) and index.
ISBN:
0-19-161484-X
0-19-958197-5
1-281-85286-4
9786611852863
0-19-152885-4
Schlagworte:
Comprehension (Theory of knowledge)
Truth.
Reference (Philosophy)
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