Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Creation and recreation Creation and recreation Northrop Frye Annotation OL1584813W
Quantifiers, propositions, and identity Quantifiers, propositions, and identity Robert Goldblatt "Many systems of quantified modal logic cannot be characterised by Kripke's well-known possible worlds semantic analysis. This book shows how they can be characterised by a more general 'admissible s… OL15991521W
The unity of linguistic meaning The unity of linguistic meaning John Collins "The problem of the 'unity of the proposition' is almost as old as philosophy itself, and was one of the central themes of early analytical philosophy, greatly exercising the minds of Frege, Russell,… OL16555117W
Meaning, expression, and thought Meaning, expression, and thought Wayne A. Davis "This philosophical treatise on the foundations of semantics is a systematic effort to clarify, deepen, and defend the classical doctrine that words are conventional signs of mental states, principal… OL1803466W
Culture and explosion Culture and explosion Юрий Михайлович Лотман Culture and Explosion is the English translation of the final book written by legendary semiotician Juri Lotman. The volume demonstrates, with copious examples, how culture influences the way that hu… OL19839009W
Word and object Word and object Willard Van Orman Quine Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. This book examines the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference. Topics covered includ… OL2910272W
Epistemology, logic, and grammer in the analysis of sentence-meaning Epistemology, logic, and grammer in the analysis of sentence-meaning V. P. Bhatta Indian theories of sentence and its meaning with special reference to grammar (Vyākaraṇa), logic (Nyāya), and ritualism (Mīmāṃsā). OL3437570W
Logic, meaning, and conversation Logic, meaning, and conversation Jay David Atlas This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics--a philosophical examination of the relationship between meaning and language… OL4619880W
Opera Aperta Opera Aperta Umberto Eco Depuis le début du siècle sont apparues des œuvres qui s'offrent à une pluralité d'organisations: compositions musicales dont les parties sont à enchaîner selon le choix de l'interprète, sculptures m… OL8996445W