World in Perspective - Meaning and Intentionality

This book aims to reclaim the significance of meaning within the philosophical thinking that has evolved from Descartes and Locke through Kant, Husserl, and Frege, focusing on intentionality-the mind's directedness toward the reality.

List of contents

1. Analyticity 2. Intentionality 3. Representation 4. Proposition 5. Predicate 6. Reference

About the author

Min Huang is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University, Mainland China. He works on the philosophy of language, epistemology, philosophy of science, and early analytic philosophy.

Summary

This book aims to reclaim the significance of meaning within the philosophical thinking that has evolved from Descartes and Locke through Kant, Husserl, and Frege, focusing on intentionality—the mind's directedness toward the reality.

Product details

• Authors: Min Huang, Huang Min
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032671772
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267177-2
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Philosophy of Language, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Language, Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Theory of meaning;Meaning and Intentionality;Quine;Kripke