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The Grammar of Meaning Mark Norris Lance (Georgetown University, Washington DC)

The Grammar of Meaning By Mark Norris Lance (Georgetown University, Washington DC)

The Grammar of Meaning by Mark Norris Lance (Georgetown University, Washington DC)

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This study investigates the question of the nature of the normative, as well as a range of topics specific to the philosophy of language, including the nature of the analytic-synthetic distinction, naturalism about meaning, realist and irrealist approaches to meaning, and the nature of translation.

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The Grammar of Meaning: Normativity and Semantic Discourse by Mark Norris Lance (Georgetown University, Washington DC)

What is the function of concepts pertaining to meaning in socio-linguistic practice? In this study, the authors argue that we can approach a satisfactory answer by displacing the standard picture of meaning talk as a sort of description with a picture that takes seriously the similarity between meaning talk and various types of normative injunction. In their discussion of this approach, they investigate the more general question of the nature of the normative, as well as a range of important topics specific to the philosophy of language.

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Review of the hardback: 'Lance and O'Leary-Hawthorne have a completely novel interpretation of and approach to the claim that the concept of meaning is a normative one. Meaning talk is not talk about something that is already there - not even linguistic norms that are already there. It is rather an attempt to bring something into existence - to 'establish' norms that will make possible mutual understanding and practical cooperation. This excellent study makes a signal contribution to our understanding of one of the most central and controversial topics in the philosophy of language.' Bob Brandom, University of Pittsburgh
Review of the hardback: 'The Grammar of Meaning contains a lot of interesting philosophy. It ingeniously defends the radical claim that meaning-ascriptions do not have worldly truth-makers, but are more like endorsements or recommendations. And there is much more, including a subtle investigation of normativity itself.' William G. Lycan, University of North Carolina

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The ends and means of translation: critical reflections on Quine's indeterminacy of translation thesis; 2. Synonymy, analyticity and a priori authority; 3. Where do we go from here? A pragmatist account of normative judgement; 4. The epistemology of meaning and the analysis of meaning; 5. Robust meaning theories and canonical dispositionalism; 6. Reduction and naturalism; 7. Realism and factuality.

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The Grammar of Meaning: Normativity and Semantic Discourse by Mark Norris Lance (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
Mark Norris Lance (Georgetown University, Washington DC)
Cambridge Studies in Philosophy
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Hardback
Cambridge University Press
1997-12-11
468
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