Truth and Meaning [Book Review]

Dialogue 39 (2):412-413 (2000)
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I have found in teaching courses on philosophy of language that one can concentrate either on the problem of reference or the problem of meaning, not on both and still teach a coherent course. Kenneth Taylor’s Truth and Meaning provides further confirmation of this view. It is a very good textbook for a course on the theory of meaning and attempts to say relatively little about reference. It is clear and well written. It presents a wide range of rather difficult material perhaps as clearly and easily as possible. The most difficult problem in reviewing this book has been to decide what level course or what sort of student would be best served by it. My answer to this is a bit involved and will be left until after I have described the contents of the book.

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