The social nature of meaning: an essay in the philosophy of language.

• Other Authors: Wan, Shun-chuen.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Language > Philosophy; Meaning (Philosophy)
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5892226; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-324887

Wan Shun-chuen. === Thesis submitted in: October 2003. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-81). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter 1.1 --- Domain of Study and Its Significance === Chapter 1.2 --- Central Statement === Chapter 1.3 --- Preliminaries === Chapter 1.3.1 --- Other Meaning Theories === Chapter 1.3.2 --- Meaning as Use === Chapter 1.3.3 --- "What ""Social"" Can Mean" === Chapter 1.4 --- Layout of the Essay === Chapter 2 --- The Social Nature of Meaning (Part One): Prior Agreement & Uniform Response --- p.15 === Chapter 2.1 --- Overview === Chapter 2.2 --- The Contractarian View === Chapter 2.2.1 --- Public Criteria === Chapter 2.2.2 --- Intersubjective checking === Chapter 2.2.3 --- Prior Agreement === Chapter 2.3 --- Criticism of the Contractarian View === Chapter 2.4 --- The Uniform Response View === Chapter 2.5 --- Summing-up === Chapter 3 --- The Social Nature of Meaning (Part Two): Background & Communication --- p.30 === Chapter 3.1 --- Overview === Chapter 3.2 --- Criticism of the Sceptical Solution: No One Checks the Community === Chapter 3.3 --- Meaning and Background === Chapter 3.4 --- Inferential Roles and Scorekeeping === Chapter 3.4.1 --- Meanings and Inferential Roles === Chapter 3.4.2 --- Scorekeeping === Chapter 3.5 --- Objections and Replies === Chapter 3.5.1 --- "One Thinker, Two Perspectives" === Chapter 3.5.2 --- Three Replies === Chapter 3.5.2.1 --- "An Exception, not the Norm" === Chapter 3.5.2.2 --- Interdependence between Social Articulation and Solitary Thinking === Chapter 3.5.2.3 --- Indirect Involvement === Chapter 4 --- Conclusion --- p.58 === Chapter 4.1 --- A Summary of the Central Question and the Thesis === Chapter 4.2 --- A Summary of the Main Arguments and Results === Chapter 4.3 --- A Preliminary Conclusion === Chapter 4.4 --- Additional Remarks on the Conclusion === Chapter 4.5 --- Postscript: A Suggestion for Further Research === References --- p.73