Meaning and normativity
Gibbard, Allan.
Meaning and normativity [electronic resource] / Allan Gibbard. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The concepts of meaning and mental content resist naturalistic analysis. This is because they are normative: they depend on ideas of how things ought to be. This text offers an explanation of these 'oughts', borrowing devices from metaethics to illuminate deep problems at the heart of the philosophy of language and thought.
9780191741968 (ebook) : No price
Meaning (Philosophy)
Normativity (Ethics)
B105.M4
121.68
Meaning and normativity [electronic resource] / Allan Gibbard. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The concepts of meaning and mental content resist naturalistic analysis. This is because they are normative: they depend on ideas of how things ought to be. This text offers an explanation of these 'oughts', borrowing devices from metaethics to illuminate deep problems at the heart of the philosophy of language and thought.
9780191741968 (ebook) : No price
Meaning (Philosophy)
Normativity (Ethics)
B105.M4
121.68