Jerry A. Fodor

Holism

Buch

The main question addressed in this book is whether individuation of the contents of thoughts and linguistic expressions is inherently holistic. The authors consider arguments that are alleged to show that the meaning of a scientific hypothesis depends on the entire theory that entails it, or that the content of a concept depends on the entire belief system of which it is part. If these arguments are sound then it would follow that the meanings of words, sentences, hypotheses, predictions, discourses, dialogs, texts, thoughts and the like are merely derivative. The implications of holism about meaning for other philosophical issues (intention… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-631-18193-4
EAN: 9780631181934
Produktnummer: 1339747
Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 1991
Seitenangabe: 292 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.7 cm 452 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 452

Über den Autor

Jerry Fodor is the author of numerous, and influential, books, most recently A Theory of Content and Other Essays (1990). Ernest Lepore is the co--editor of the recent John Searle and his Critics (Blackwell, 1991) and of two volumes of essays on Donald Davidson, as well as numerous articles on philosophy of language and philosophy of mind.