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Convention, Translation, and Understanding : Philosophical Problems in the Comparative Study of Culture SUNY Series in Logic and Language
author
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Feleppa, Robert.
publisher
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State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin
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0887066747
print isbn13
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9780887066740
ebook isbn13
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9780585059945
language
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English
subject
Ethnology--Philosophy, Ethnology--Methodology, Culture--Semiotic models, Quine, W. V.--(Willard Van Orman) , Semantics--Philosophy, Intercultural communication.
publication date
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1988
lcc
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GN345.F44 1988eb
ddc
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306/.4
subject
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Ethnology--Philosophy, Ethnology--Methodology, Culture--Semiotic models, Quine, W. V.--(Willard Van Orman) , Semantics--Philosophy, Intercultural communication.
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Convention, Translation, and Understanding
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SUNY Series in Logic and Language John T. Kearns, Editor
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Convention, Translation, and Understanding
Philosophical Problems in the Comparative Study of Culture
Robert Feleppa
State University of New York Press
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Published by State University of New York Press, Albany
1988 State University of New York
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Feleppa, Robert, 1946 Convention, translation, and understanding.
(SUNY series in logic and language) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. EthnologyPhilosophy. 2. EthnologyMethodology. 3. CultureSemiotic models. 4. Quine, W. V. (Willard Van Orman) 5. SemanticsPhilosophy. 6. Intercultural communication. I. Title. II. Series. GN345.F 1988 306.4 87-12176 ISBN 0-88706-673-9 ISBN 0-88706-674-7 (pbk.)
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To the Memory of Richard Rudner
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Contents
Acknowledgments
ix
Chapter 1 Meaning and Understanding
1
Meaning, Metaphysics, and Translation
1
Some Approaches to a Theory of Meaning
6
Ideational Theories and Their Place in Semantics and Epistemology
7
Entificational Theories: Behavioral
17
Nonentificational Theories
20
General Criticisms of Intension
23
Intension and Synonymy in Translation
26
Radical Indeterminacy
32
Chapter 2 Methodological Problems in the Study of Alien Culture
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