Cooper, David E.

Meaning. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (159 pages)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 The reach of meaning -- 3 Language -- 4 Knowledge, meaning and world -- 5 Meaning, society and the human sciences -- 6 Meaning and the Arts -- 7 The meaning of life -- References -- Index.

Meaning is one of our most central and most ubiquitous concepts. Anything at all may, in suitable contexts, have meaning ascribed to it. This book discusses how works of art, ceremony, social action, bodily gesture, and the purpose of life can all be meaningful.

9781317489320


Meaning (Philosophy).


Electronic books.

B105.M4 -- C66 2003eb

121.68