Meaning

Meaning is one of our most central and most ubiquitous concepts. Anything at all may, in suitable contexts, have meaning ascribed to it. This book discusses how works of art, ceremony, social action, bodily gesture, and the purpose of life can all be meaningful.

Autorentext

David E. Cooper

Inhalt

1. Preliminaries 2. The reach of meaning 3. Language 4. Knowledge, meaning and world 5. Meaning, society and the human sciences 6. Meaning and the arts 7. The meaning of life References Index