TY - BOOK AU - Russell,Gillian Kay TI - Truth in virtue of meaning SN - 9780191715907 (ebook) : AV - BD171 U1 - 121.68 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Truth KW - Meaning (Philosophy) KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Sentences KW - Knowledge, Theory of N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199232192.001.0001 ER -