Meaning, Understanding, and Practice: Philosophical Essays

by Barry Stroud

Book Overview

Meaning, Understanding, and Practice is a selection of the most notable essays of leading contemporary philosopher Barry Stroud on a set of topics central to analytic philosophy. In this collection, Stroud offers penetrating studies of meaning, understanding, necessity, and the intentionality of thought. Throughout he asks how much can be expected from a philosophical account of one's understanding of the meaning of something, and questions whether...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198250347
• ISBN13: 9780198250340
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"