UID:
almafu_9960119479102883
Umfang:
1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-89597-6
Serie:
Cambridge studies in philosophy
Inhalt:
This book develops in detail the simple idea that assertion is the expression of belief. In it the author puts forward a version of 'probabilistic semantics' which acknowledges that we are not perfectly rational, and which offers a significant advance in generality on theories of meaning couched in terms of truth conditions. It promises to challenge a number of entrenched and widespread views about the relations of language and mind. Part I presents a functionalist account of belief, worked through a modified form of decision theory. In Part II the author generates a theory of meaning in terms of 'assertibility conditions', whereby to know the meaning of an assertion is to know the belief it expresses.
Anmerkung:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-07129-1
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-521-30411-3
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
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URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511895975
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