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Posted by Harvey on September 5, 2002 20:05:51 UTC

Aurino,

It seems to me that much of analytic philosophy is concerned with exactly the issues of language, theory of meaning, and conceptual schemes which you are referencing. My suggestion is to read W.V.Quine, Hilary Putnam, Donald Davidson, Michael Dummett, Jerry Fodor just for starters. Dummett is perhaps the most read in his concentration in language and a theory of meaning (as well as his antirealism - he truly is a great philosopher - one of my favorites). Has a book entitled "The Seas of Language" which is very good (a very difficult read for many folks).

Here is an essay by Dummett that I quickly pulled off the internet just as primer for you: http://mondodomani.org/dialegesthai/md01.htm#par2 I apologize if it is not what you are looking for.

Warm regards, Harv

Follow Ups:

Seems almost there but not quite... - aurino_s - September 5, 2002 - 20:44 UTC
- Your question must be very specific - harvey1 - September 5, 2002 - 20:54 UTC
  - thoughts on Aurino's puzzle - dolphin - September 6, 2002 - 07:07 UTC
    - Another thought - dolphin - September 6, 2002 - 07:15 UTC
      - Major and minor - aurino_s - September 6, 2002 - 16:04 UTC
        
        Good point - dolphin - September 12, 2002 - 02:18 UTC
  - It is very specific. And fundamental! - aurino_s - September 6, 2002 - 13:05 UTC
    - Yikes! - harvey1 - September 6, 2002 - 13:38 UTC
      - Sorry for giving you a hard time - aurino_s - September 6, 2002 - 14:01 UTC
        
        How about Sellarian philosophy? - harvey1 - September 6, 2002 - 18:27 UTC
        
        I mean Sellarsian philosophy... (nt) - harvey1 - September 6, 2002 - 18:27 UTC
        
        Try this paper too by Brown - harvey1 - September 6, 2002 - 18:41 UTC
        
        It's getting hot - aurino_s - September 6, 2002 - 18:59 UTC
        
        You are creating a TAXONOMY of IRRELEVANT NONSENSE - carefuluniverse - September 7, 2002 - 01:41 UTC
        
        'Course, I meant that in a nice way - kantolfir2 - September 7, 2002 - 20:21 UTC
- More on Dummett's answer - harvey1 - September 6, 2002 - 13:37 UTC
  - Quickie - aurino_s - September 6, 2002 - 14:51 UTC

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