The Diversity of Meaning

A. N. Prior achieve analogous analysans analysis analytic argued argument assertion calculus causal Chomsky claim conceived concept of meaning conceptual plane context culture culture-sentence culture-words dictionary doctrine of logical domain of discourse English enquiry equivalent exist expression extensional fact false formal logic Frege's function Hence historian of ideas hypothesis I. A. Richards imply jure theory kind language language-learning language-sentences language-words lexical lexicographers linguistic logical grammar logical grammarian ments non-extensional normally object occur operators ordinary P. F. Strawson particular perhaps philosophical semantics physically necessary precisification predicate premisses principle priori truths problem of universals purposes purposive theory question Quine reference relevant rules of word-use saying-sentence scientific sense sentences sound-patterns speaker speech statements stimulus meaning suppose synonymy syntactic syntax temporal theory of meaning thesis timeless tion translation true truth-functional truth-value usage utterance utterance-sentence verbal plane W. V. Quine words