Meaning, Understanding, And Practice: Philosophical Essays - Softcover

Stroud, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199252149 ISBN 13: 9780199252145

Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1992

Synopsis

Meaning, Understanding, and Practice is a selection of the most notable essays of leading contemporary philosopher Barry Stroud on a set of topics central to analytic philosophy. In this collection, Stroud offers penetrating studies of meaning, understanding, necessity, and the intentionality of thought. Throughout he asks how much can be expected from a philosophical account of one's understanding of the meaning of something, and questions whether such an account can succeed without implying that the person understands many other things as well. Most of the essays work with ideas derived from Wittgenstein, and five of the essays focus specifically on Wittgenstein's philosophy. Stroud's helpful introduction draws out the recurring themes he pursues and explains how his ideas and aims have developed over the years.

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About the Author

Barry Stroud is Mills Professor of Metaphysics and Epistemology at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of Hume (1977, winner of the Matchette Prize awarded by the American Philosophical Association), The Significance of Philosophical Scepticism (1984), The Quest for Reality (1999), and another volume of philosophical essays, Understanding Human Knowledge (2000).

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199252149
• ISBN 13: 9780199252145
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 258