Truth and Meaning Essays in Semantics [Paperback]

Truth and Meaningis a classic collection of original essays on fundamental questions in the philosophy of language. It was first published in 1976, and has remained essential reading in this area ever since. The contributors include leading figures in late twentieth-century philosophy, such as Donald Davidson, Saul Kripke, P. F. Strawson, and Michael Dummett.

Introduction
I: Meaning and Truth Theory,J. A. Foster
II: Reply to Foster,Donald Davidson
III: Truth Conditions, Bivalence and Verificationism,John McDowell
IV: What is a Theory of Meaning? II,Michael Dummett
V. Two Theories of Meaning,Brian Loar
VI: Truth Definitions and Actual Languages,Christopher Peacocke
VII: On Understanding the Structure of One's Language,P. F. Strawson
VIII: Semantic Structure and Logical Form,Gareth Evans
IX: Language-Mastery and the Sorites Paradox,Crispin Wright
X. Existence and Tense,Michael Woods
XI: States of Affairs,Barry Taylor
XII: The De Re Must: A Note on the Logical Form of Essentialist Claims,David Wiggins
An Appendix to David Wiggins's Note,Christopher Peacocke
XIII: Is There a Problem about Substitutional Quantification?,Saul Kripke