The Theory of Meaning
Abstract
we can all use the notion of meaning . From the moment we begin to learn to translate English into French and French into English, we realize that one expression does or does not mean the same as another. But we use the notion of meaning even earlier than that. When we read or hear something in our own language which we do not understand, we wonder what it means and ask to have its meaning explained to us. The ideas of understanding, misunderstanding and failing to understand what is said already contain the notion of expressions having and lacking specifiable meanings.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Categorization
perception
and language
Wittgensteinian philosophy and applications
Language
Metaphor
and Cognition
Publication details
- Journal / source
- British Philosophy in the Mid-Century
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Pages
- 239–264
- Publication date
- 1 July 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter