
Meaning, Context and Methodology
De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)
1st Edition
Will be published approx. on 23. October 2017
Book
Hardback
VI, 231 pages
978-1-5015-1217-9 (ISBN)
Description
What methodological impact does Contextualism have on the philosophy of language? This collection sets out to provide some answers. The authors in this volume question three ultimately connected assumptions of the philosophy of language. The first assumption relates to the predominant status of referential semantics and its power to explain truth-conditional meaning. This assumption has come under attack by the context thesis and a number of papers pursue the question of whether this is justified. The second assumption gives priority to assertive sentences when considering language use. The context thesis changes our understanding of language use altogether; possible implications from this methodological shift are addressed in this volume. According to the third assumption, philosophical analysis amounts to nothing more than conceptual analysis. The context thesis risks undermining this project. Whether conceptual analysis can still be defended as a methodological tool is discussed in this volume.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
562 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5015-1217-9 (9781501512179)
Schweitzer Classification
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Additional editions

Sarah-Jane Conrad | Klaus Petrus
Meaning, Context and Methodology
E-Book
10/2017
1st Edition
De Gruyter Mouton
€149.95
Available for download

Sarah-Jane Conrad | Klaus Petrus
Meaning, Context and Methodology
E-Book
10/2017
1st Edition
De Gruyter Mouton
€149.95
Available for download
Persons
Sarah-Jane Conrad, Klaus Petrus , Universität Bern, Switzerland