Varieties of Tone - Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning

Informationen zum Autor Richard Kortum is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee State University, USA. He was educated at Duke University, Cambridge University, and Oxford University where he received his D.Phil. in philosophy of language under Sir Michael Dummett. Klappentext In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning. Zusammenfassung In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PRELIMINARIES PART II: VARIETIES OF TONE PART III: TONE AND THE REPRESENTATIONAL CHARACTER OF MEANING Index Bibliography

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Preface Introduction PART I: HISTORICAL PRELIMINARIES PART II: VARIETIES OF TONE PART III: TONE AND THE REPRESENTATIONAL CHARACTER OF MEANING Index Bibliography

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• Authors: R Kortum, R. Kortum, Richard D. Kortum
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349442591
• ISBN: 978-1-349-44259-1
• No. of pages: 273
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; B, Philosophy of Language, Linguistics, Pragmatics, Semiotics, Modern philosophy: since c 1800, Linguistics, general, Language: history & general works, Language and languages—Philosophy, Palgrave Religion & Philosophy Collection, Modern Philosophy, Analysis (Philosophy), Analytic Philosophy, Analytical philosophy & Logical Positivism, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, Early Modern Philosophy