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Paul Boghossian (1957), American philosopher. His major works include Fear of Knowledge: Against Relativism and Constructivism (2006), What Is So Great About Knowledge: A New Theory of Epistemology (2013), and Free Knowledge: Selected Essays (2018). His fields of specialization are epistemology, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language.
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Meaning: Differs from the reference object (reference). The object does not have to exist for an expression to have a meaning. Words are not related to objects in a one-to-one correspondence. There is an important distinction between word meaning and sentence meaning. See also use theory, sentence meaning, reference, truth, meaning theory._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
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