{"product_id":"language-in-the-world-a-philosophical-enquiry-paperback-9780521046213","title":"Language in the World; A Philosophical Enquiry (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521046213","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLanguage in the World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Philosophical Enquiry\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA book-length treatment of relation between words and meaning using possible-worlds semantics.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eM. J. Cresswell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521046213, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 12 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e172 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14.1 x 1 cm, 0.239 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The discussion is extremely thorough and clear, and the dedicated reader with almost no technical sophistication will be able to gain a solid grasp of the system.  This is an admirable accomplishment.\"   The Philosophical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWhat 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 that they are speaking about, and that the kind of causation involved is best analysed using David Lewis's account of causation in terms of counterfactuals. Although philosophers have worked on the question of the connection between meaning and linguistic behaviour, it has mostly been without regard to the work done in possible-world semantics and Language in the World is a book-length examination of this problem.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. A simple formal language\u003cbr\u003e 2. Predicates and functors\u003cbr\u003e 3. The isomorphism problem\u003cbr\u003e 4. Quantification\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transmundism\u003cbr\u003e 6. Putnam's 'Meaning of 'meaning''\u003cbr\u003e 7. Lewis on languages and language\u003cbr\u003e 8. Causation and semantics\u003cbr\u003e 9. Belief-desire psychology\u003cbr\u003e 10. Direct knowledge\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Social \u0026amp; political philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Social \u0026amp; political philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Social%20\u0026amp;%20political%20philosophy%20%5BHPS%5D%22\"\u003eHPS\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy of language [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy of language\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20of%20language%20%5BCFA%5D%22\"\u003eCFA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006262661400,"sku":"9780521046213","price":29.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521046213i_1f523ef9-8f75-4c0d-9910-ed34483c44b8.jpg?v=1694968680","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/language-in-the-world-a-philosophical-enquiry-paperback-9780521046213","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}