Meaning and Justification. An Internalist Theory of Meaning (eBook)

Gabriele Usberti (Autor)

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2023 | 2023
XXIII, 390 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-24605-0 (ISBN)

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This volume develops a theory of meaning and a semantics for both mathematical and empirical sentences inspired to Chomsky's internalism, namely to a view of semantics as the study of the relations of language not with external reality but with internal, or mental, reality. In the first part a theoretical notion of justification for a sentence A is defined, by induction on the complexity of A; intuitively, justifications are conceived as cognitive states of a particular kind. The main source of inspiration for this part is Heyting's explanation of the intuitionistic meaning of logical constants.

In the second part the theory is applied to the solution of several foundational problems in the theory of meaning and epistemology, such as Frege's puzzle, Mates' puzzle about synonymy, the paradox of analysis, Kripke's puzzle about belief, the de re/de dicto distinction, the specific/non-specific distinction, Gettier's problems, the paradox of knowability, and the characterization of truth. On a more general philosophical level, throughout the book the author develops a tight critique of the neo-verificationism of Dummett, Prawitz and Martin-Löf, and defends a mentalist interpretation of intuitionism.

Gabriele Usberti has been professor of philosophy of language at the Universities of Milano and Siena (Italy). He has written on the foundations of linguistics, on the semantic paradoxes and on the neo-verificationist theories of meaning. Actually he works on internalist semantics and philosophical aspects of intuitionistic logic.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.7.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
• Reihe/Serie: Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
• Zusatzinfo: XXIII, 390 p. 20 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Logik
• Schlagworte: anti-internalist argument in the Philosophical Investigations • belief reports • Belief, synonymy, and the de dicto/de re distinction • C-justifications for atomic sentences • C-justifications for logically complex sentences • C-truth-grounds • epistemic justification • Epistemic justifications as cognitive states • Gettier Problems • Internalist Semantics • Internal truth and truth-recognition • Knowledge and Gettier problems • Names and predicates, C-objects and C-concepts • paradox of knowability • Proof-theoretical Semantics • Realism/Anti-Realism • Theory of meaning • Truth Grounds • Validity, assertion, inference, and transparency • Varieties of semantical anti-realism
• ISBN-10: 3-031-24605-5 / 3031246055
• ISBN-13: 978-3-031-24605-0 / 9783031246050