Truth in virtue of meaning [electronic resource] / Gillian Russell.

By:

Russell, Gillian Kay, 1976-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 232 p.)ISBN:

9780191715907 (ebook) :

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Additional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification:

121.68 22

LOC classification:

BD171

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Oxford scholarship online

Summary: 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 new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism.

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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 new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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