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Meaning, expression, and thought / Wayne A. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Wayne A., 1951-
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semantics (Philosophy).
- Language and languages--Philosophy.
- Language and languages.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 654 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Speaker meaning
- Expression
- Alternative analyses
- Communication
- Reference
- Languages
- Basic word meaning
- Conventions
- Compositional word meaning
- Living languages
- Thought
- Sentences, propositions, and thoughts
- The constituency thesis
- Ideas or concepts
- The possession of concepts
- The acquisition of concepts
- The association of ideas
- Objects, images, and conceptions
- The language of thought hypothesis
- Objections to ideational theories
- Priority objections
- Incompleteness objections.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 608-644) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0521555132
- OCLC:
- 49991528
- Online:
- Publisher description
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