Inquiry into Meaning and Truth, An
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9780851247373
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| Weight | 0.685000 |
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| ISBN13/Barcode | 9780851247373 |
| ISBN10 | 0851247377 |
| Author | RUSSELL, Bertrand |
| Binding | Paperback |
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| Date Published | 25th October 2012 |
| Report Date | 2022/07/20 |
| Pages | 0 |
| Publisher | Spokesman Books |
Bertrand Russell is concerned with the foundations of knowledge which he approaches first through language. 'Meaning', as applied to words, is shown to be different for words of different kinds: object-words, proper names, logical words and dictionary words. For a sentence we have to consider the way that it expresses something of the nature of an assertion, a denial, an imperative, a desire, or a question. We can understand what it expresses if we know the meaning of its several words and the rules of syntax. From this Russell passes to a discussion of a belief and a sentence in which it is expressed. 'Knowledge' and 'truth' involve the relationship of truth to experience and Russell considers whether we can know that there are unknowable truths.