In this Introduction we shall sketch a profile of our field of
inquiry. This is necessary because semantics is too often mistaken
for lexicography and therefore dismissed as trivial, while at other
times it is disparaged for being concerned with reputedly shady
characters such as meaning and allegedly defunct ones like truth.
Moreover our special concern, the semantics of science, is a
newcomer - at least as a systematic body - and therefore in need of
an introduction. l. GOAL Semantics is the field of inquiry
centrally concerned with meaning and truth. It can be empirical or
nonempirical. When brought to bear on concrete objects, such as a
community of speakers, semantics seeks to answer problems
concerning certain linguistic facts - such as disclosing the
interpretation code inherent in the language or explaning the
speakers' ability or inability to utter and understand new
sentences ofthe language. This kind of semantics will then be both
theoretical and experimental: it will be a branch of what used to
be called 'behavioral science'.
General
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
|
| Country of origin: |
Netherlands |
| Series: |
Treatise on Basic Philosophy, 1 |
| Release date: |
December 1974 |
| First published: |
December 1974 |
| Authors: |
Mario Bunge
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 155 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
198 |
| Edition: |
Softcover Reprint Of The Original 1st Ed. 1974 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-90-277-0572-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Science: general issues >
Philosophy of science
|
| LSN: |
90-277-0572-0 |
| Barcode: |
9789027705723 |
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