Thought and world : an austere portrayal of truth, reference, and semantic correspondence / Christopher S. Hill.

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Hill, Christopher S

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TextSeries: Cambridge studies in philosophyPublication details: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 154 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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0511064969
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thought and world.DDC classification:

121 22

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BC181 .H55 2002eb

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Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Truth in the Realm of Thoughts; 3 The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Reconciling Deflationary Semantics with Correspondence Intuitions; 4 Indexical Representation and Deflationary Semantics; 5 Why Meaning Matters; 6 Into the Wild Blue Yonder: Nondesignating Concepts, Vagueness, Semantic Paradox, and Logical Paradox; Notes; Index.

Summary: The author presents a deflationary theory of the content of semantic notions. He represents a broad range of these notions as being free from substantive metaphysical and empirical presuppositions. He also seeks to explain the intuition that there is a relation of mirroring or semantic correspondence linking thoughts to reality.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-146) and index.

The author presents a deflationary theory of the content of semantic notions. He represents a broad range of these notions as being free from substantive metaphysical and empirical presuppositions. He also seeks to explain the intuition that there is a relation of mirroring or semantic correspondence linking thoughts to reality.