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Tables of Contents for Rational Meaning
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
ix
14
Charles Bernstein
Editorial Note
xxiii
RATIONAL MEANING.
Foreword
7
6
First Preface
13
14
Second Preface
27
6
Third Preface
33
6
PART 1 General Background, General Objectives
39
36
Prospectus
39
6
Chapter 1, Introductory Explanations
45
7
Chapter 2, The Authors: The Personal Background
52
9
Chapter 3, A Comparison of Objectives
61
14
PART 2 The Use of Words: The Apparatus of Guidance
75
42
Foreword
75
2
Chapter 4, The Inner Guidance
77
11
Chapter 5, The Guardians
88
15
Chapter 6, The Canons
103
14
PART 3 Language and Rationality
117
58
Foreword
117
1
Chapter 7, The Nature of Meaning
118
11
Chapter 8, Language and Linguistics
129
19
Chapter 9, Philosophy and Language
148
27
Conclusion
168
7
PART 4 The Principles of Definition
175
68
Foreword
175
2
Chapter 10, The Feasibility of Definition
177
26
Chapter 11, The Knowledge of Meanings
203
18
Chapter 12, The Scope of Definition
221
22
PART 5 The Make-Up of Language
243
66
Chapter 13, Words and Terms
243
22
Chapter 14, The Words Miscalled Synonyms
265
18
Chapter 15, The Rationale of Terms
283
26
PART 6 Studies in Meaning-Relation and Meaning-Distinction
309
68
Chapter 16, The Placing of Words: The Topography of Meanings
309
20
Chapter 17, From Words to Words: The Continuum
329
19
Chapter 18, Truth
348
29
PART 7 The Future Tasks
377
96
Foreword
377
2
Chapter 19, The Moral Aspects of Meaning
379
17
Chapter 20, Words and Things
396
28
Chapter 21, The Grand Difficulty
424
49
Notes
445
28
SUPPLEMENTARY ESSAYS
473
106
Dr. Gove and the Future of English Dictionaries
473
14
The Externalistic View of Language
487
4
The Universal Pattern of Languages
491
5
Mathematics As an Intellectual Master-Method
496
10
The Matter of Metaphor
506
4
On Ambiguity
510
4
"Create" in Modern Usage
514
4
The Language-Champions
518
3
The Physical Aspects of Words
521
7
The New Grammar
528
36
Contemporary Fashion-Plate (Intellectual Gab)
564
4
Leaves from the Book's Notebooks
568
9
For Colophon
577
2
Index
579