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Publication details [#7775]

Putnam, Hilary. 1979. Reference and understanding. In Margalit, Avishai, ed. Meaning and use. Proceedings of a Yehoshua Bar-Hillel memorial conference, Jerusalem 1976. Reidel. pp. 199–217.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

comprehension | reference | truthfulness

Annotation

P. argues that theories of understanding and theories of truth and reference are less related to each other than commonly assumed.

Reviewed by

Dummett, Michael. 1979. Comments. In Margalit, Avishai, ed. Meaning and use. Proceedings of a Yehoshua Bar-Hillel memorial conference, Jerusalem 1976. Reidel. pp. 218–225.