Language in the World: A Philosophical Enquiry

by M.J. Cresswell

Book Overview

What makes the words we speak mean what they do? Possible-worlds semantics articulates the view that the meanings of words contribute to determining, for each sentence, which possible worlds would make the sentence true, and which would make it false. M. J. Cresswell argues that the non-semantic facts on which such semantic facts supervene are facts about the causal interactions between the linguistic behaviour of speakers and the facts in the world...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521046211
• ISBN13: 9780521046213
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"