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Publication details [#730]

Alston, William P. 1963. Meaning and use. The Philosophical Quarterly 13 : 107–124.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

meaning | meaning as use

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/phiq

Annotation

An attempt at elucidating a suitable sense for 'use' and indicating the way in which meaning can be understood as a function of use in this sense.

Reviewed by

Faber, Richard N. 1969. Alston's theory of meaning.

Reprints

Parkinson, G.H.R. 1968. In Parkinson, G.H.R., ed. The theory of meaning. Oxford University Press. pp. 141–165.

Rosenberg, Jay F. and Charles Travis. 1971. In Rosenberg, Jay F. and Charles Travis, eds. Readings in the philosophy of language. Prentice-Hall. pp. 403–419.