Gillian Russell

Truth in Virtue of Meaning

A Defence of the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction

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Produktbeschreibung

The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences¿the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of what they mean¿is a famous focus of philosophical controversy. Gillian Russell reinvigorates the debate with a challenging new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780199694730
• ISBN-10: 0199694737
• Artikelnr.: 33252502

Autorenporträt

Gillian Russell is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St Louis.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
I: The Positive View
1: The 'in virtue of' Relation
2: Meaning
3: Beyond Modality
A: The Formal System
II: A Defence
4: The Spectre of "Two Dogmas"
5: Definitions
6: More Arguments Against Analyticity
III: Work for Epistemologists
7: Analytic Justification