Wan Shun-chuen. / Thesis submitted in: October 2003. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-81). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Domain of Study and Its Significance / Chapter 1.2 --- Central Statement / Chapter 1.3 --- Preliminaries / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Other Meaning Theories / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Meaning as Use / Chapter 1.3.3 --- "What ""Social"" Can Mean" / Chapter 1.4 --- Layout of the Essay / Chapter 2 --- The Social Nature of Meaning (Part One): Prior Agreement & Uniform Response --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1 --- Overview / Chapter 2.2 --- The Contractarian View / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Public Criteria / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Intersubjective checking / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Prior Agreement / Chapter 2.3 --- Criticism of the Contractarian View / Chapter 2.4 --- The Uniform Response View / Chapter 2.5 --- Summing-up / Chapter 3 --- The Social Nature of Meaning (Part Two): Background & Communication --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- Overview / Chapter 3.2 --- Criticism of the Sceptical Solution: No One Checks the Community / Chapter 3.3 --- Meaning and Background / Chapter 3.4 --- Inferential Roles and Scorekeeping / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Meanings and Inferential Roles / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Scorekeeping / Chapter 3.5 --- Objections and Replies / Chapter 3.5.1 --- "One Thinker, Two Perspectives" / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Three Replies / Chapter 3.5.2.1 --- "An Exception, not the Norm" / Chapter 3.5.2.2 --- Interdependence between Social Articulation and Solitary Thinking / Chapter 3.5.2.3 --- Indirect Involvement / Chapter 4 --- Conclusion --- p.58 / Chapter 4.1 --- A Summary of the Central Question and the Thesis / Chapter 4.2 --- A Summary of the Main Arguments and Results / Chapter 4.3 --- A Preliminary Conclusion / Chapter 4.4 --- Additional Remarks on the Conclusion / Chapter 4.5 --- Postscript: A Suggestion for Further Research / References --- p.73
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324887 |
| Date | January 2004 |
| Contributors | Wan, Shun-chuen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Philosophy. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, 81 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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