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Assorted References

major reference
- In language: Meaning and style in language
- In semantics: Varieties of meaning
artistic expression
- In literature: Style
axiomatic method
- In metalogic: The axiomatic method
collective behaviour
- In collective behaviour: Individual motivation theories
- In collective behaviour: Contingencies
communication
- In communication
lexicography
- In dictionary: Sense division and definition
logic
- In philosophy of logic: Nature and varieties of logic
metalogic
- In metalogic: Semiotic

linguistics

Bloomfield’s behaviouristic definition
- In linguistics: Structural linguistics in America
- In linguistics: Semantics
Chomsky’s transformational grammar
- In linguistics: Modifications in Chomsky’s grammar
proper versus common names
- In name: The naming process
writing
- In writing: Writing as a system of signs

philosophy

branches

epistemology
- In epistemology: Tautological and significant propositions
philosophy of language
- In philosophy of language: Later work on meaning

schools and doctrines

Empiricism
- In empiricism
Indian philosophy
logical positivism
- In positivism: Language and the clarification of meaning
materialism
- In materialism: Translation central-state theories
phenomenology
- In phenomenology: Basic method
pragmatism
- In pragmatism: Major theses of philosophic pragmatism
- In pragmatism: Major theses of philosophic pragmatism
utilitarianism
- In utilitarianism: Methodologies

theories by

Carnap
- In Rudolf Carnap: Career in Vienna and Prague
Derrida
- In continental philosophy: Derrida
Dewey
- In pragmatism: Dewey
Frege
- In Gottlob Frege: Influence of Frege’s work.
- In philosophy of language: Frege’s revolution
Hume
- In David Hume: Mature works
James
- In pragmatism: James
Peirce
- In pragmatism: Peirce
Wittgenstein
- In Ludwig Wittgenstein
- In philosophy of language: The later Wittgenstein

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: University of California - eScholarship - Grammatical Gender and Meaning.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 29, 2024
	Add new Web site: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Theories of Meaning.	Grace Young	Aug 31, 2010
	New article added.	Brian Duignan	Apr 20, 2009