An Inquiry Into Meaning And Truth
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At the crossroads of philosophy and linguistics stands one of the twentieth century's most penetrating intellectual works — Bertrand Russell's An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth presents a rigorous investigation into the foundations of language and knowledge, asking what it truly means for words and propositions to carry meaning, and what constitutes truth itself. Russell, drawing on the tools of analytic philosophy and symbolic logic, dissects the relationship between our linguistic expressions and the empirical world, scrutinising concepts such as names, facts, and the nature of belief with characteristic precision and clarity. Written by one of the founding fathers of analytic philosophy and a Nobel Laureate in Literature, this landmark work sits at the heart of 20th-century epistemology. Russell's prose is at once rigorous and remarkably accessible, illustrating how abstract philosophical problems are inseparable from the everyday act of speaking and knowing. For anyone who has ever wondered whether language reveals or conceals reality, this inquiry offers no easy comfort — only the bracing challenge of thinking more carefully than one ever thought possible.
Author: Bertrand Russell
Format: Paperback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
At the crossroads of philosophy and linguistics stands one of the twentieth century's most penetrating intellectual works — Bertrand Russell's An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth presents a rigorous investigation into the foundations of language and knowledge, asking what it truly means for words and propositions to carry meaning, and what constitutes truth itself. Russell, drawing on the tools of analytic philosophy and symbolic logic, dissects the relationship between our linguistic expressions and the empirical world, scrutinising concepts such as names, facts, and the nature of belief with characteristic precision and clarity. Written by one of the founding fathers of analytic philosophy and a Nobel Laureate in Literature, this landmark work sits at the heart of 20th-century epistemology. Russell's prose is at once rigorous and remarkably accessible, illustrating how abstract philosophical problems are inseparable from the everyday act of speaking and knowing. For anyone who has ever wondered whether language reveals or conceals reality, this inquiry offers no easy comfort — only the bracing challenge of thinking more carefully than one ever thought possible.