Overview

Doing Worlds with Words throws light on the problem of meaning as the meeting point of linguistics, logic and philosophy, and critically assesses the possibilities and limitations of elucidating the nature of meaning by means of formal logic, model theory and model-theoretical semantics. The main thrust of the book is to show that it is misguided to understand model theory metaphysically and so to try to base formal semantics on something like formal metaphysics; rather, the book states that model theory and similar tools of the analysis of language should be understood as capturing the semantically relevant, especially inferential, structure of language. From this vantage point, the reader gains a new light on many of the traditional concepts and problems of logic and philosophy of language, such as meaning, reference, truth and the nature of formal logic.

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Author:   J. Peregrin
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Volume:   253
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.387kg
ISBN:  

9789048146185

ISBN 10:   9048146186
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   07 December 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Logic and the Problem of Meaning.- 2 Roots of Logical Schematization.- 3 Axiomatic Systems.- 4 Model Theory.- 5 Quantification.- 6 Truth.- 7 Denotation.- 8 Meaning.- 9 Criterial Reconstruction.- 10 Necessity.- 11 Language and the World.- References.- Name Index.

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