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J.A. Foster - Philosophy Dictionary of Arguments |
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J.A. Foster (1941-2009), British philosopher. His major works include Meaning and Mind: An Essay in the Philosophy of Language (1974), The Idea of an Ideal Language (1983), and The Limits of Abstraction (2002). His fields of specialization were philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics.
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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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