Meaning, Understanding, and Practice: Philosophical Essays
Description : Meaning Understanding and Practice is a selection of the most
notable essays of a leading contemporary philosopher on a set of central topics in analytic philosophy Barry Stroud offers penetrating studies of meaning understanding necessity and the intentionality of thought A question which runs through much of this work is what can be expected from a philosophical account of ones understanding of the meaning of something Five of the essays arefocused specifically on the philosophy of Wittgenstein and most of the rest work with ideas derived from Wittgenstein Strouds introduction puts the papers in context by explaining how his ideas and aims developed over the years and drawing out the recurring themes of the book