New Directions in Semantics

by Ernest Lepore (Editor)

Contributors from different disciplines and schools of thought cover topics such as meaning, truth, form of a semantic theory, and natural logic in this book, providing a comparative evaluation of the major new approaches to semantics for natural language. The contributors discuss the different theories and attempt to justify or criticize them, disagreements and points of contact with others, problem areas, and suggestions for future development.

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Dr. Ernest Lepore is the author of numerous books and papers in the philosophy of language, philosophical logic, metaphysics and philosophy of mind.