Semantic Powers
Meaning and the Means of Knowing in Classical Indian Philosophy
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 25 March 1999
- ISBN 9780198237884
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages280 pages
- Size 225x144x20 mm
- Weight 452 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Jonardon Ganeri gives an account of language as essentially a means for the reception of knowledge. The semantic power of a word, its ability to stand for a thing, derives from the capacity of understanders to acquire knowledge simply by understanding what is said. Ganeri finds this account in the work of certain Indian philosophers of language, and shows how their analysis can inform and be informed by contemporary philosophical theory.
MoreLong description:
Jonardon Ganeri defends a conception of language as essentially a means for the reception of knowledge through testimony. He argues that the possibility of testimony constrains the form of a theory of meaning. In particular, the semantic power of a word, its ability to stand for or take the place of a thing, derives from the epistemic powers of understanders, their capacity to acquire knowledge simply by understanding what is said.
Ganeri finds this account in the work of certain Indian philosophers of language, those belonging to the late classical school of Navya-Ny(ya. He presents a detailed analysis of their theories, paying particular attention to the influential seventeenth-century philosopher Gad(dhara. Ganeri examines the Indian account of the meaning relation and its relata, the role of modes of thought as meaning constituents, and the application of the theory to theoretical names and anaphora.
The aim of Semantic Powers is to give epistemology a central place in the study of language. It also shows how classical Indian theory of language can inform and be informed by contemporary philosophy.
I urge philosphers of language to read this book to become apprised of the classical Indian theorizing at its most sophisticated stage
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Nature of Language
Instruments of Knowledge
Meaning Relata
The Meaning Relation
Meaning and Modes of Thought
Stipulation
Indexicality
Bibliography
Index
