Occasion-sensitivity
Travis, Charles, 1943-
Occasion-sensitivity selected essays / [electronic resource] : Charles Travis. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 1 online resource (318 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Charles Travis presents a series of essays in which he has developed his distinctive view of the relation of thought to language. He argues that there are varying conditions of correctness which determine whether words express a given concept, and thus that meaning does not determine truth conditions.
9780191710605 (ebook) : No price
Semantics (Philosophy)
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Context (Linguistics)
Truth.
Meaning (Philosophy)
B840
121
Occasion-sensitivity selected essays / [electronic resource] : Charles Travis. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2008. - 1 online resource (318 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Charles Travis presents a series of essays in which he has developed his distinctive view of the relation of thought to language. He argues that there are varying conditions of correctness which determine whether words express a given concept, and thus that meaning does not determine truth conditions.
9780191710605 (ebook) : No price
Semantics (Philosophy)
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Context (Linguistics)
Truth.
Meaning (Philosophy)
B840
121