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4. In Defence of Modesty
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Preface vii
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I. MEANING, TRUTH, AND UNDERSTANDING
- 1. Truth-Conditions, Bivalence, and Verificationism 1
- 2. Meaning, Communication, and Knowledge 29
- 3. Quotation and Saying That 51
- 4. In Defence of Modesty 87
- 5. Another Plea for Modesty 108
- 6. Physicalism and Primitive Denotation: Field on Tarski 132
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II. REFERENCE, THOUGHT, AND WORLD
- 7. Identity Mistakes: Plato and the Logical Atomists 157
- 8. On the Sense and Reference of a Proper Name 171
- 9. Truth-Value Gaps 199
- 10. De Re Senses 214
- 11. Singular Thought and the Extent of Inner Space 228
- 12. Intentionality De Re 260
- 13. Putnam on Mind and Meaning 275
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III REALISM AND ANTI-REALISM
- 14. On “The Reality of the Past” 295
- 15. Anti-Realism and the Epistemology of Understanding 314
- 16. Mathematical Platonism and Dummettian Anti-Realism 344
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IV ISSUES IN EPISTEMOLOGY
- 17. Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge 369
- 18. Knowledge and the Internal 395
- 19. Knowledge by Hearsay 414
- Bibliography 445
- Credits 455
- Index 459
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- Preface vii
-
I. MEANING, TRUTH, AND UNDERSTANDING
- 1. Truth-Conditions, Bivalence, and Verificationism 1
- 2. Meaning, Communication, and Knowledge 29
- 3. Quotation and Saying That 51
- 4. In Defence of Modesty 87
- 5. Another Plea for Modesty 108
- 6. Physicalism and Primitive Denotation: Field on Tarski 132
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II. REFERENCE, THOUGHT, AND WORLD
- 7. Identity Mistakes: Plato and the Logical Atomists 157
- 8. On the Sense and Reference of a Proper Name 171
- 9. Truth-Value Gaps 199
- 10. De Re Senses 214
- 11. Singular Thought and the Extent of Inner Space 228
- 12. Intentionality De Re 260
- 13. Putnam on Mind and Meaning 275
-
III REALISM AND ANTI-REALISM
- 14. On “The Reality of the Past” 295
- 15. Anti-Realism and the Epistemology of Understanding 314
- 16. Mathematical Platonism and Dummettian Anti-Realism 344
-
IV ISSUES IN EPISTEMOLOGY
- 17. Criteria, Defeasibility, and Knowledge 369
- 18. Knowledge and the Internal 395
- 19. Knowledge by Hearsay 414
- Bibliography 445
- Credits 455
- Index 459