Must We Mean What We Say? by Stanley Cavell

Must We Mean What We Say? by Stanley Cavell

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The essays span and connect topics in the philosophy of language, aesthetics, and a criticism of literature, drama and music. This is a remarkable, and now famous, volume of philosophical studies.

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Must We Mean What We Say? by Stanley Cavell

This is a remarkable, and now famous, volume of philosophical studies. The essays span and connect topics in the philosophy of language, aesthetics, and a criticism of literature, drama and music. The style and the range and integration of interests are alike individual, ambitious and arresting. The book is a distinguished personal work, of permanent interest and value.
Stanley Cavell is Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. The Claim of Reason (1979/1999), The World Viewed (1971/1979), and The Senses of Walden (1972/1981) are among his many celebrated works. David Justin Hodge, author of On Emerson (2002), teaches philosophy and rhetoric at Harvard University.
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ISBN 13 9780521290487
ISBN 10 0521290481
Title Must We Mean What We Say?
Author Stanley Cavell
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Year published 1976-03-26
Number of pages 394
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