Meaning, Expression and Thought (Cambridge Studies in Philosophy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 20, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 672
ISBN-13: 9780521039048
Subjects: Epistemology, theory of knowledge; Epistemology; Philosophy / Epistemology; Philosophy / Logic; General; 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.