Truth in virtue of meaning [electronic resource] /
by Russell, Gillian Kay.
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BookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xv, 232 p.).ISBN: 9780191715907 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Truth | Meaning (Philosophy) | Grammar, Comparative and general -- Sentences | Knowledge, Theory ofOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences (the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of what they mean) is a famous focus of philosophical controversy. Gillian Russell reinvigorates the debate with a new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism.
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The distinction between analytic and synthetic sentences (the idea that some sentences are true or false just in virtue of what they mean) is a famous focus of philosophical controversy. Gillian Russell reinvigorates the debate with a new defence of the distinction, showing that it is compatible with semantic externalism.
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