Truth in Virtue of Meaning: A Defence of the Analytic/Synthetic Distinction
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The analytic/synthetic distinction looks simple. It is a distinction between two different kinds of sentence. Synthetic sentences are true in part because of the way the world is, and in part because of what they mean. Analytic sentences--like all bachelors are unmarried and triangles have three sides--are different. They are true in virtue of meaning, so no matter what the world is like, as long as the sentence means what it does, it will be true...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0199694737
ISBN13:9780199694730
Release Date:November 2011
Publisher:OUP Oxford
Length:250 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"
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