Meaning, Expression and Thought (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
Edition: Reissue edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 11, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780521555135
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Philosophy Of Language; Philosophy; Epistemology; Philosophy / Logic; Logic; Language and languages; Semantics (Philosophy)
First sentence: One of the most venerable doctrines in the history of philosophy, linguistics, and psychology is the thesis that words are conventional signs of mental states, principally thoughts and ideas, and that meaning consists in their expression.