Meaning: A Very Short Introduction - Emma Borg
Apr 22, 2025•4 hr 10 min
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Title: Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Emma Borg
Narrator: Katherine Anderson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:09:30
Language: English
Release date: 04-22-2025
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy
Summary:
Our ability to find meaning in things is one of the most important aspects of human life. But it is also one of the most mysterious. Where does meaning come from? What sorts of things have meaning? And how do we grasp the meaning others want to convey? Meaning: A Very Short Introduction is shaped by exploring possible answers to these questions. Human societies have one particularly important device for expressing and sharing meaning: language. Since our words are paradigm examples of things which have meaning, in this book, Emma Borg and Sarah Fisher use meaning in language as a case study for exploring meaning more generally. They focus on three possible sources for word meaning: things in the world, things in the mind, and social practices, exploring the key approaches thinkers have put forward in each of these arenas. Finally, they end by looking at some concrete applications of the ideas and approaches introduced in the book.
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Title: Meaning: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Emma Borg
Narrator: Katherine Anderson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4:09:30
Language: English
Release date: 04-22-2025
Publisher: Tantor Media
Genres: Non-Fiction, Philosophy
Summary:
Our ability to find meaning in things is one of the most important aspects of human life. But it is also one of the most mysterious. Where does meaning come from? What sorts of things have meaning? And how do we grasp the meaning others want to convey? Meaning: A Very Short Introduction is shaped by exploring possible answers to these questions. Human societies have one particularly important device for expressing and sharing meaning: language. Since our words are paradigm examples of things which have meaning, in this book, Emma Borg and Sarah Fisher use meaning in language as a case study for exploring meaning more generally. They focus on three possible sources for word meaning: things in the world, things in the mind, and social practices, exploring the key approaches thinkers have put forward in each of these arenas. Finally, they end by looking at some concrete applications of the ideas and approaches introduced in the book.
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