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Meaning (Paperback)
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Meaning (Paperback)
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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 departs from the usual
focus on linguistic meaning to discuss how works of art, ceremony,
social action, bodily gesture, and the purpose of life can all be
meaningful. He argues that the notion of meaning is best approached
by considering what we accept as explanations of meaning in
everyday practice and shows that in these situations we are
explaining the appropriate fit of an item - whether a word or an
artwork - with something larger than or outside of itself. This
fuller account of meaning explores questions of the meaning of
meaning and tackles issues such as whether meaning is just a
misleading 'folk' term for something more basic, whether there
really is meaning at all, and whether we should strive for meaning
or let our lives 'just be' rather than mean. By taking the problem
of meaning out of the technical philosophy of language and
providing a more general account, Cooper is able to offer new
insights into the import, function, and status of meaning that will
be of interest not only to philosophers of language but to students
and philosophers working in areas such as epistemology and
metaphysics.
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