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1456599What Is Meaning?https://www.gandhi.com.mx/what-is-meaning-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1102783/be682b0b-cce7-4990-9373-7f0219349567.jpg?v=638337380146500000413573MXNPrinceton University PressInStock/Ebooks/<p>The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort dont exist, and truth conditions cant provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the worlds leading philosophers of language offers a way out of this dilemma.</p><p>Traditionally conceived, propositions are denizens of a "third realm" beyond mind and matter, "grasped" by mysterious Platonic intuition. As conceived here, they are cognitive-event types in which agents predicate properties and relations of things--in using language, in perception, and in nonlinguistic thought. Because of this, ones acquaintance with, and knowledge of, propositions is acquaintance with, and knowledge of, events of ones cognitive life. This view also solves the problem of "the unity of the proposition" by explaining how propositions can be genuinely representational, and therefore bearers of truth. The problem, in the traditional conception, is that sentences, utterances, and mental states are representational because of the relations they bear to inherently representational Platonic complexes of universals and particulars. Since we have no way of understanding how such structures can be representational, independent of interpretations placed on them by agents, the problem is unsolvable when so conceived. However, when propositions are taken to be cognitive-event types, the order of explanation is reversed and a natural solution emerges. Propositions are representational because they are constitutively related to inherently representational cognitive acts.</p><p>Strikingly original, <em>What Is Meaning?</em> is a major advance.</p>...1441861What Is Meaning?413573https://www.gandhi.com.mx/what-is-meaning-1/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1102783/be682b0b-cce7-4990-9373-7f0219349567.jpg?v=638337380146500000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20109781400833948_W3siaWQiOiJiYzg1OWQ5Yi03MmUxLTQ1N2YtYWZiOC02MDc3NTM4OGIxYzIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjU1OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE1Nywic2VsbGluZ1ByaWNlIjo0MDIsImluY2x1ZGVzVGF4Ijp0cnVlLCJwcmljZVR5cGUiOiJXaG9sZXNhbGUiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6Ik1YTiIsImZyb20iOiIyMDI0LTEyLTAxVDAwOjAwOjAwWiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9XQ==9781400833948_<p>The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort dont exist, and truth conditions cant provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the worlds leading philosophers of language offers a way out of this dilemma.</p><p>Traditionally conceived, propositions are denizens of a third realm beyond mind and matter, grasped by mysterious Platonic intuition. As conceived here, they are cognitive-event types in which agents predicate properties and relations of things--in using language, in perception, and in nonlinguistic thought. Because of this, ones acquaintance with, and knowledge of, propositions is acquaintance with, and knowledge of, events of ones cognitive life. This view also solves the problem of the unity of the proposition by explaining how propositions can be genuinely representational, and therefore bearers of truth. The problem, in the traditional conception, is that sentences, utterances, and mental states are representational because of the relations they bear to inherently representational Platonic complexes of universals and particulars. Since we have no way of understanding how such structures can be representational, independent of interpretations placed on them by agents, the problem is unsolvable when so conceived. However, when propositions are taken to be cognitive-event types, the order of explanation is reversed and a natural solution emerges. Propositions are representational because they are constitutively related to inherently representational cognitive acts.</p><p>Strikingly original, <em>What Is Meaning?</em> is a major advance.</p>...(*_*)9781400833948_<p>The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort dont exist, and truth conditions cant provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the worlds leading philosophers of language offers a way out of this dilemma.</p><p>Traditionally conceived, propositions are denizens of a "third realm" beyond mind and matter, "grasped" by mysterious Platonic intuition. As conceived here, they are cognitive-event types in which agents predicate properties and relations of things--in using language, in perception, and in nonlinguistic thought. Because of this, ones acquaintance with, and knowledge of, propositions is acquaintance with, and knowledge of, events of ones cognitive life. This view also solves the problem of "the unity of the proposition" by explaining how propositions can be genuinely representational, and therefore bearers of truth. The problem, in the traditional conception, is that sentences, utterances, and mental states are representational because of the relations they bear to inherently representational Platonic complexes of universals and particulars. Since we have no way of understanding how such structures can be representational, independent of interpretations placed on them by agents, the problem is unsolvable when so conceived. However, when propositions are taken to be cognitive-event types, the order of explanation is reversed and a natural solution emerges. Propositions are representational because they are constitutively related to inherently representational cognitive acts.</p><p>Strikingly original, <em>What Is Meaning?</em> is a major advance.</p>...9781400833948_Princeton University Presslibro_electonico_7c6aa13f-375d-4add-bd81-ab928b2f4b59_9781400833948;9781400833948_9781400833948Scott SoamesInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/princetonup-epub-f565899c-c400-4507-a173-8979324dc6da.epub2010-08-09T00:00:00+00:00Princeton University Press