Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ236524

The Problem of Meaning

Authors(1) :-Dr. Pascal Beck

Philosophical attempts dealing with the nature and criteria of meaning can be brought under the title 'The 'Theory of Meaning'. In contemporary western philosophy it was felt that the most of the philosophical problems are linguistic problems, and they can be solved by clarifying the meaning of language. For this task they adopted analytic measures and methods. Some of the theories of meaning are denotation theory of meaning, picture theory of meaning and verification theory of meaning which developed in the western contemporary analytic philosophy.

Authors and Affiliations

Dr. Pascal Beck
University Department of Philosophy, Kolhan University, Chaibasa, Jharkhand

Meaning, Denotation, Meaningful, Conditionality, Descriptions, Connotation Sense, Reference Atomism, Correspondence, Picture, Verification.

  1. Bertrand Russell. On Denoting .Logic and Knowledge, ed. R.C. Marsh (London: Allen & Unwin, 1957), p.39
  2. A.R. Lacey. A Dictionary of Philosophy. (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976), p. 98
  3. Wittgenstein. Tractatus Logico-philosophicus, Kegan Paul, 1992
  4. A.J. Ayer. Language Truth and Logic.2nd ed., (New York: Dover Publication, 1952), p. 35
  5. Ibid. p. 15
  6. Ibid, p. 13
  7. A.J. Ayer. Language Truth and Logic (New York: Dover Publications, inc., 1952), p.37
  8. G.H.R. Parkinson. The Theory of Meaning. (London:Oxford University Press,1968), p.8

Publication Details

Published in : Volume 6 | Issue 5 | September-October 2023
Date of Publication : 2023-09-29
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 121-126
Manuscript Number : SHISRRJ236524
Publisher : Shauryam Research Institute

ISSN : 2581-6306

Cite This Article :

Dr. Pascal Beck , "The Problem of Meaning", Shodhshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (SHISRRJ), ISSN : 2581-6306, Volume 6, Issue 5, pp.121-126, September-October.2023
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