Word Meaning And Belief

Author : S.G. Pulman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134995075
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Meaning and Belief written by S.G. Pulman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-18 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1983, the aim of this book is to diagnose linguists’ failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet and, drawing on work in philosophy and psychology, to take the first steps towards satisfying these requirements. It begins by discussing the work of Quine on the indeterminacy of translation and it is shown that attempts by linguists to answer Quine’s arguments by proposing universal ‘semantic primitives’ or their equivalents is unsatisfactory. The relation between the theory of word meaning and the theory of categorisation is explored, and an alternative to Rosch’s ‘family resemblance’ account of the ‘prototype’ effect in both nouns and verbs is provided. The author argues that identification of certain implicit categories like ‘action’ and ‘event’ can be related to principles of individuation, and builds on the work of Kripke and Putnam on proper names and natural kind terms. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics and the philosophy of language.

Author : S. G. Pulman
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 : 0893912018
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Work Meaning and Belief written by S. G. Pulman and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is concerned with aspects of word meaning within the general methodological framework of generative grammar. Its aim is to diagnose linguists' failure to advance satisfactory theories of lexical meaning, then to propose the requirements that such a theory should meet and, drawing on work in philosophy and psychology, to take the first steps toward satisfying these requirements. The author argues that despite the objections of some philsophers, a scientifically respectable theory of word meaning is possible.

Author : Tim Crane
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780674982727
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Belief written by Tim Crane and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but these make no impact on religious believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. The Meaning of Belief offers a way out of this stalemate. An atheist himself, Tim Crane writes that there is a fundamental flaw with most atheists' basic approach: religion is not what they think it is. Atheists tend to treat religion as a kind of primitive cosmology, as the sort of explanation of the universe that science offers. They conclude that religious believers are irrational, superstitious, and bigoted. But this view of religion is almost entirely inaccurate. Crane offers an alternative account based on two ideas. The first is the idea of a religious impulse: the sense people have of something transcending the world of ordinary experience, even if it cannot be explicitly articulated. The second is the idea of identification: the fact that religion involves belonging to a specific social group and participating in practices that reinforce the bonds of belonging. Once these ideas are properly understood, the inadequacy of atheists' conventional conception of religion emerges. The Meaning of Belief does not assess the truth or falsehood of religion. Rather, it looks at the meaning of religious belief and offers a way of understanding it that both makes sense of current debate and also suggests what more intellectually responsible and practically effective attitudes atheists might take to the phenomenon of religion.--

Author : Tim Crane
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674088832
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Belief written by Tim Crane and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current debate about religion seems to be going nowhere. Atheists persist with their arguments, many plausible and some unanswerable, but they make no impact on believers. Defenders of religion find atheists equally unwilling to cede ground. Noting that religion is not what atheists think it is, Tim Crane offers a way out of this stalemate.

Author : Aaron W. Hughes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000427463
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion in 50 Words written by Aaron W. Hughes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion in 50 Words: A Critical Vocabulary is the first of a two-volume work that seeks to transform the study of religion by offering a radically critical perspective. It does so by providing a succinct and critical examination of the key words used in the modern study of religion. Arranged alphabetically, the book explores the historic roots, varied uses, and current significance and utility of the technical terms used within the current field of religious studies. These are the terms that both students and scholars routinely deploy to think about, describe, and analyze data—sometimes without realizing that they are themselves technical tools in need of attention. Among the topics covered: Belief Critical Culture Definition Environment Gender Ideology Lived religion Material religion Orthodoxy Politics Race Sacred/profane Secular Theory This book submits all of its terms to a critical interrogation and subsequent re-description, thereby allowing a collective reframing of the field. This volume is an indispensable resource for students and academics working in religious studies.

Author : F. Kristensen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9401765804
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Religion written by F. Kristensen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wilfred Cantwell Smith
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 9781451420142
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning and End of Religion written by Wilfred Cantwell Smith and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilfred Cantwell Smith, maintained in this vastly important work that Westerners have misperceived religious life by making "religion" into one thing. He shows the inadequacy of "religion" to capture the living, endlessly variable ways and traditions in which religious faith presents itself in the world.

Author : S. R. Burge
Publisher : Qur'anic Studies
ISBN 13 : 9780198724131
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of the Word written by S. R. Burge and published by Qur'anic Studies. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-487) and index.

Author : Richard Hudson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134885601
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Word Meaning written by Richard Hudson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Word Meaning, Richard Hudson introduces readers to the techniques of lexical semantic analysis. Word Meaning: * is based on a problem-solving approach to language * introduces readers to the technical terminology and basic principles associated with the analysis of word meaning * shows students how to apply these terms and principles to English * includes suggestions for further work

Author : Harry Emerson Fosdick
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Faith written by Harry Emerson Fosdick and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Meaning of Faith" by Harry Emerson Fosdick. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.