- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Penguin; n.i. edition (29 Jan 1970)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 014020590X
- ISBN-13: 978-0140205909
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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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.
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In this important work, Russell attempts to summarise and systematise his 1950-ish views on meaning and truth, and related topics. While this work lacks the vitality and originality of his early 20th century work, it still bears the hallmarks of Russell's thought. A worthwhile read, and not only for the (perhaps mythical) Russell completist.
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Russell's An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth is a well-written book with extra in-depth details and careful examining.
This book exposes reader to a wide array of topics, which most of the time found going together, which are epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, and a hint of metaphysics.
So if the reader is not a philosophy student, s/he can still read this book to gain intermediate knowledge of philosophy of language, given that s/he has already been exposed to fundamental materials of the same topic.
I am not a philosophy student, neither a native English speaker, I'm just a philosophy-geek - person who is fascinated with the study of philosophy and complex writing.
This book exposes reader to a wide array of topics, which most of the time found going together, which are epistemology, philosophy of language, logic, and a hint of metaphysics.
So if the reader is not a philosophy student, s/he can still read this book to gain intermediate knowledge of philosophy of language, given that s/he has already been exposed to fundamental materials of the same topic.
I am not a philosophy student, neither a native English speaker, I'm just a philosophy-geek - person who is fascinated with the study of philosophy and complex writing.
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