The Unity of the Proposition

by Richard Gaskin

Book Overview

Richard Gaskin presents a work in the philosophy of language. He analyses what is distinctive about sentences and the propositions they express--what marks them off from mere lists of words and mere aggregates of word-meanings respectively. Since he identifies the world with all the true and false propositions, his account of the unity of the proposition has significant implications for our understanding of the nature of reality. He argues that the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199239452
• ISBN13: 9780199239450
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"