Coming to Our Senses: A Naturalistic Program for Semantic Localism

by Michael Devitt

Book Overview

Michael Devitt is a distinguished philosopher of language. In this new book he takes up issues in semantics. Three important questions lie at the core of this book: What are the main objectives of semantics? Why are they worthwhile? How should we accomplish them? Devitt answers these methodological questions naturalistically and explores what semantic program arises from the answers. The approach is anti-Cartesian, rejecting the idea that linguistic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521498872
• ISBN13: 9780521498876
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"