Meaning, Reference and Necessity

Meaning, Reference and Necessity
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 0521207207
ISBN-13 : 9780521207201
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Book Synopsis Meaning, Reference and Necessity by : Simon Blackburn

Download or read book Meaning, Reference and Necessity written by Simon Blackburn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A volume of studies in philosophical logic by a group of younger philosophers in the UK. There is a core of problems in the theory of meaning which have been accorded a central importance by philosophers, logicians and theoretical linguists, and which have stimulated some of the most powerful and original work in these subjects. The contributors to the volume have a common interest in these topics, insist on their continuing and fundamental importance, and offer here a distinctive and original contribution to them.


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