Conceptualizing meaning

Authors

  • Jasper Doomen Lecturer at Leiden University.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2012.2.13315

Keywords:

Descriptions. Objects of description. Meaning. Language.

Abstract

Descriptions have been the object of attention of many philosophers. The goal of this article is to inquire into the meaning of those descriptions which, due to the peculiar character of the objects of description, have been interpreted in different ways, and to investigate in which sense one is able to speak of the existence (or non-existence) of an object of description. The various sorts of descriptions are inquired; the question which entities exist and which do not is dealt with, and, in relation to this, how ‘meaning’ is to be understood.

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Author Biography

Jasper Doomen, Lecturer at Leiden University.

Lecturer at Leiden University.

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Published

2012-08-30

How to Cite

Doomen, J. (2012). Conceptualizing meaning. Veritas (Porto Alegre), 57(2), 84–98. https://doi.org/10.15448/1984-6746.2012.2.13315

Issue

Vol. 57 No. 2 (2012): Epistemology, Logic, and Philosophy of Language

Section

Epistemology, Logic, and Philosophy of Language

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