num_pages: 372
description: Jerrold J. Katz offers a radical reappraisal of the "linguistic turn" in twentieth-century philosophy. He shows that the naturalism that emerged to become the dominant philosophical position was never adequately proved. Katz critiques the major arguments for contemporary naturalism and develops a new conception of the naturalistic fallacy. This conception, inspired by Moore, explains why attempts to naturalize linguistics and logic, and perhaps ethics, will fail. He offers a Platonist view of such disciplines, justifying it as the best explanation of their autonomy, their objectivity, and their normativity.
language: English
title: The Metaphysics of Meaning
titlecomplete: The Metaphysics of Meaning (Representation and Mind)
genres: Metaphysics, Philosophy, Linguistics
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Bradford Books