0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Analytical & linguistic philosophy

Buy Now

Meaning Diminished - Toward Metaphysically Modest Semantics (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,981
Discovery Miles 19 810
Meaning Diminished - Toward Metaphysically Modest Semantics (Hardcover): Kenneth A. Taylor

Meaning Diminished - Toward Metaphysically Modest Semantics (Hardcover)

Kenneth A. Taylor

 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R1,981 Discovery Miles 19 810 | Repayment Terms: R186 pm x 12*

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

Meaning Diminished examines the complex relationship between semantic analysis and metaphysical inquiry. Kenneth A. Taylor argues that we should expect linguistic and conceptual analysis of natural language to yield far less metaphysical insight into what there is - and the nature of what there is - than many philosophers have imagined. Taking a strong stand against the so-called linguistic turn in philosophy, Taylor contends that philosophers as diverse as Kant, with his Transcendental Idealism, Frege, with his aspirational Platonism, Carnap with his distinction between internal and external questions, and Strawson, with his descriptive metaphysics, have placed too much confidence in the ability of linguistic and conceptual analysis to achieve deep insight into matters of ultimate metaphysics. He urges philosophers who seek such insight to turn away from the interrogation of language and concepts and back to the more direct interrogation of reality itself. In doing so, he maps out the way forward toward a metaphysically modest semantics, in which semantics carries less weighty metaphysical burdens, and toward a revisionary and naturalistic metaphysics, untethered to the a priori analysis of ordinary language.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: April 2019
Authors: Kenneth A. Taylor (Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy)
Dimensions: 224 x 142 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-880344-7
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Philosophy of language
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Analytical & linguistic philosophy
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 - > Analytical & linguistic philosophy
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-880344-3
Barcode: 9780198803447

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Relativism and Monadic Truth
Herman Cappelen, John Hawthorne Hardcover R933 Discovery Miles 9 330
Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation…
Donald Davidson Hardcover R4,056 Discovery Miles 40 560
Wittgenstein's Tractatus, A Student's…
Duncan Richter Paperback R1,057 Discovery Miles 10 570
A Baby Boomer's Last Stand - The…
Jon Alexander Young Hardcover R1,028 Discovery Miles 10 280
How to Analyze People - How to Read and…
Tony Brain Hardcover R829 Discovery Miles 8 290
How to Analyze People - How to Read and…
Tony Brain Hardcover R873 R752 Discovery Miles 7 520
Analytic Philosophy of Clinical and…
Lucien Karhausen Hardcover R1,137 Discovery Miles 11 370
The Problem of Plurality of Logics…
Pavel Arazim Hardcover R3,433 Discovery Miles 34 330
Guided Meditation for Anxiety - and…
Kaizen Mindfulness Meditations Hardcover R532 R491 Discovery Miles 4 910
Wicca For Beginners - The Guide to…
Amy White Hardcover R600 R542 Discovery Miles 5 420
Chakras - For Beginners - How to Awaken…
Amy White Hardcover R623 R561 Discovery Miles 5 610
Purposehood - Transform Your Life…
Ammar Charani Hardcover R779 Discovery Miles 7 790

See more

Partners