Radical interpretation and indeterminacy / Timothy McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Timothy, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

xiv, 253 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Summary:

McCarthy develops a theory of radical interpretation--the project of characterizing from scratch the language and attitudes of an agent or population--and applies it to the problems of indeterminacy of interpretation first described by Quine. The major theme in McCarthy's study is that a relatively modest set of interpretive principles, properly applied, can serve to resolve the major indeterminacies of interpretation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0195145062

OCLC:

50091953