Oughts and thoughts : rule-following and the normativity of content / Anandi Hattiangadi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hattiangadi, Anandi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meaning (Philosophy).

Skepticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 221 pages)

Other Title:

Rule-following and the normativity of content

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Oughts and Thoughts, Anandi Hattiangadi provides an innovative response to the argument for meaning scepticism set out by Saul Kripke in Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language. Kripke asks what makes it the case that anybody ever means anything by any word, and argues that there are no facts of the matter as to what anybody ever means. Kripke's argument has inspired a lively and extended debate in the philosophy of language, as it raises some of the mostfundamental issues in the field: namely, the reality, privacy, and normativity of meaning. Hattiangadi argues that in order to achieve

Contents:

Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. The Sceptical Argument; 3. Norms and Normativity; 4. Can we do Without Semantic Facts?; 5. Reductionism; 6. Anti-Reductionism; 7. Is Meaning Normative?; 8. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-218) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-281-14981-0

9786611149819

0-19-152740-8

1-4356-2178-6

OCLC:

191071165