Varieties of Tone: Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning

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Palgrave Macmillan UK, Nov 15, 2013 - Philosophy - 258 pages
In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning.

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Varieties of Tone: Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning
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About the author (2013)

Richard Kortum is Associate Professor of Philosophy at East Tennessee State University, USA. He was educated at Duke University, Cambridge University, and Oxford University where he received his D.Phil. in philosophy of language under Sir Michael Dummett.

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TitleVarieties of Tone: Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning
AuthorR. Kortum
Editionillustrated
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK, 2013
ISBN1137263539, 9781137263537
Length258 pages
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