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Treatise on Basic Philosophy

Semantics I: Sense and Reference

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  • © 1974

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Authors:
  1. Mario Bunge

    1. Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit, McGill University, Canada

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Part of the book series: Treatise on Basic Philosophy (TOBP, volume 1)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction

    • Mario Bunge
    Pages 1-7

  3. Designation

    • Mario Bunge
    Pages 8-31

  4. Reference

    • Mario Bunge
    Pages 32-82

  5. Representation

    • Mario Bunge
    Pages 83-114

  6. Intension

    • Mario Bunge
    Pages 115-141

  7. Gist and Content

    • Mario Bunge
    Pages 142-172

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 173-186
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About this book

In this Introduction we shall sketch a profile of our field of inquiry. This is necessary because semantics is too often mistaken for lexicography and therefore dismissed as trivial, while at other times it is disparaged for being concerned with reputedly shady characters such as meaning and allegedly defunct ones like truth. Moreover our special concern, the semantics of science, is a newcomer - at least as a systematic body - and therefore in need of an introduction. l. GOAL Semantics is the field of inquiry centrally concerned with meaning and truth. It can be empirical or nonempirical. When brought to bear on concrete objects, such as a community of speakers, semantics seeks to answer problems concerning certain linguistic facts - such as disclosing the interpretation code inherent in the language or explaning the speakers' ability or inability to utter and understand new sentences ofthe language. This kind of semantics will then be both theoretical and experimental: it will be a branch of what used to be called 'behavioral science'.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Foundations and Philosophy of Science Unit, McGill University, Canada

    Mario Bunge

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Treatise on Basic Philosophy

  • Book Subtitle: Semantics I: Sense and Reference

  • Authors: Mario Bunge

  • Series Title: Treatise on Basic Philosophy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-9920-2

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-277-0572-3Published: 31 December 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-010-9920-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 186

  • Topics: Philosophy of Science, Semantics

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