
The Metaphysics of Meaning
Jerrold J. Katz(Author)
MIT Press
Published on 8. October 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
372 pages
978-0-262-61082-7 (ISBN)
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Jerrold J. Katz offers a radical reappraisal of the "linguistic turn" in twentieth-century philosophy. He shows that the naturalism that emerged to become the dominant philosophical position was never adequately proved. Katz critiques the major arguments for contemporary naturalism and develops a new conception of the naturalistic fallacy. This conception, inspired by Moore, explains why attempts to naturalize linguistics and logic, and perhaps ethics, will fail. He offers a Platonist view of such disciplines, justifying it as the best explanation of their autonomy, their objectivity, and their normativity.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-61082-7 (9780262610827)
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The Metaphysics of Meaning
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10/1990
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William Roberts Clark is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at New York University.
William Bernhard is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
J. Lawrence Broz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.
William Bernhard is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
J. Lawrence Broz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego.