Meaning, mind, and matter
Subtitle: philosophical essays
By: Ernie LePore and Barry Loewer
Contributors: Loewer, Barry
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780199580781
Subjects: Mind and body; Semantics (Philosophy)
Description: Ernie Lepore and Barry Loewer present a series of papers in which they come to terms with three views that have loomed large in philosophy for several decades: that a theory of meaning for a language is best understood as a theory of truth for that language; that thought and language are best understood together via a theory of interpretation; and that the mental is irreducible to the physical. They aim both to offer critical assessment of the views and to develop them. They show that each of these views remains of great significance for current work in philosophy of language and mind.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.