The Metaphysics of Meaning
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Author | : Jerrold J. Katz |
Publisher | : Bradford Books |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1992 |
ISBN-10 | : 0262610825 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780262610827 |
Rating | : 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Metaphysics of Meaning by : Jerrold J. Katz
Book excerpt: Jerrold J. Katz offers a radical reappraisal of the "linguistic turn" in twentieth-century philosophy. He shows that the naturalism that emerged to become the dominant philosophical position was never adequately proved. Katz critiques the major arguments for contemporary naturalism and develops a new conception of the naturalistic fallacy. This conception, inspired by Moore, explains why attempts to naturalize linguistics and logic, and perhaps ethics, will fail. He offers a Platonist view of such disciplines, justifying it as the best explanation of their autonomy, their objectivity, and their normativity.