Ethics and language / by Charles L. Stevenson
1958, 1st edition. New Haven London : Yale University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412791
Physical description; xi, 338 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. Contents; Kinds of agreement and disagreement -- Working models -- Some pragmatic aspects of meaning -- First pattern of analysis -- First pattern : method -- Persuasion -- Validity -- Intrinsic and extrinsic value -- Second pattern of analysis ; persuasive definitions -- Second pattern : method -- Moralists and propagandists -- Some related theories -- Further observations on the function of definitions -- Avoidability ; indeterminism -- Practical implications. Subjects; Ethics. Psycholinguistics. Language and languages Philosophy. Meaning (Psychology). Judgment (Logic). Language and languages - Ethics. Judgment (Logic). Meaning (Psychology). Semantics (Philosophy).
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