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Word and Object by Willard Van Orman Quine (1964, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262670011
ISBN-139780262670012
eBay Product ID (ePID)109352
Product Key Features
Number of Pages310 Pages
Publication NameWord and Object
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1964
SubjectLanguage, Logic, Linguistics / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMathematics, Philosophy, Language Arts & Disciplines
AuthorWillard Van Orman Quine
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight11.9 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN60-009621
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal149.94
SynopsisLanguage consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. Such is the point of view from which a noted philosopher and logician examines the notion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference. In the course of the discussion, Professor Quine pinpoints the difficulties involved in translation, brings to light the anomalies and conflicts implicit in our language's referential apparatus, clarifies semantic problems connected with the imputation of existence, and marshals reasons for admitting or repudiating each of various categories of supposed objects. He argues that the notion of a language-transcendent "sentence-meaning" must on the whole be rejected; meaningful studies in the semantics of reference can only be directed toward substantially the same language in which they are conducted., Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. Such is the point of view from which a noted philosopher and logician examines the notion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective reference. In the course of the discussion, Professor Quine pinpoints the difficulties involved in translation, brings to light the anomalies and conflicts implicit in our language's referential apparatus, clarifies semantic problems connected with the imputation of existence, and marshals reasons for admitting or repudiating each of various categories of supposed objects. He argues that the notion of a language-transcendent sentence-meaning must on the whole be rejected; meaningful studies in the semantics of reference can only be directed toward substantially the same language in which they are conducted.
LC Classification NumberB840
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