{"product_id":"9780792353317","title":"Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBoston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eDenkel, A.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Natural Background to Meaning\u003c\/em\u003e Denkel argues that  meaning in language is an outcome of the evolutionary development of  forms of animal communication, and explains this process by  naturalising the Locke-Grice approach. The roots of meaning are  contained in observable regularities, which are manifestations of  objective connections such as essences and causal relations. Denkel's  particularistic ontology of properties and causation leads to a view  of time that harmonises B-theory with transience. Time's passage, he  argues, is a necessary condition of communication and meaning. \u003cbr\u003e  The book connects some central topics in the philosophies of language,  science and ontology, treating them within the framework of a single  theory. It will interest not only professional philosophers doing  research on meaning, universals, causation and time, but also  students, who can consult it as a textbook examining Grice's theory of  meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1998-10-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792353317\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-015-9084-6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 252\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45378517041292,"sku":"9780792353317","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792353317.jpg?v=1772024509","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792353317","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}