First published in 1962, The Diversity of Meaning was written to provide a more constructive
criticism of the philosophy of ordinary language than the more destructive approach that it …

Mark Richard presents an original picture of meaning according to which a word's meaning
is analogous to the biological lineages we call species. His primary thesis is that a word's …

This book offers an introduction to the analysis of meaning. Our outstanding ability to
communicate is a distinguishing feature of our species. To communicate is to convey …

This book deals with the philosophy of language and with what is at issue in the philosophy
of language. Due to its intensity and diversity, the philosophy of language has attained the …

What is truth? Paul Horwich gives the definitive exposition of a notable philosophical
theory,minimalism'. This is the controversial theory that the nature of truth is entirely captured …

Meaning is one of our most central and most ubiquitous concepts. Anything at all may, in
suitable contexts, have meaning ascribed to it. In this wide-ranging book, David Cooper …

One might have thought that since the role of language is primarily to convey meaning, the
study of meaning would always have been a major focus of attention within the scientific …

1) the question of language is somehow strategic for the question of human nature, that man
is above ai1 a language animal; and 2) that language is very puzzling, even enigmatic--and …

We can all use the notion of meaning. From the moment we begin to learn to translate
English into French and French into English, we realize that one expression does or does …

Language is the first broad area of human cognitive capacity for which we are beginning to
obtain a description which is not exaggeratedly oversimplified. Thanks to the work of …