How to Understand Language
A Philosophical Enquiry
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2010
- Category
- General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773594654
- Publish Date
- Jan 2010
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Description
An ambitious work that endorses a broad approach, it argues strongly against the roles both of truth theory and of radical interpretation. Weiss discusses a range of relevant themes relating to language, including translation, interpretation, normativity, community, and rules in order to reshape our understanding of language. A rigorous and systematic analysis, How to Understand Language advances the work of key thinkers in the area.
About the author
Bernhard Weiss is associate professor of philosophy at the University of Cape Town.