Berkeley on meaning, truth, and assent

British Journal for the History of Philosophy 29 (5):824-847 (2021)
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An interpretation of Berkeley’s theory of meaning must account for operative utility as well as Berkeley’s commitment to the truth of Christian scriptures. I argue that formalist and use-theoretic...

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Keota Fields
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Berkeley on Language.John Russell Roberts - 2017 - In Richard Brook & Bertil Belfrage (eds.), The Bloomsbury Companion to Berkeley. London: Bloomsubry.
Berkeley. [REVIEW]Bertil Belfrage - 1988 - International Studies in Philosophy 20 (1):117-117.

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