The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the world's leading philosopher...(展开全部)

The tradition descending from Frege and Russell has typically treated theories of meaning either as theories of meanings (propositions expressed), or as theories of truth conditions. However, propositions of the classical sort don't exist, and truth conditions can't provide all the information required by a theory of meaning. In this book, one of the world's leading philosopher...(展开全部)

[美]亚当·贝克尔（Adam Becker） 美国科学公共图书馆的开源科学内容出版人 美国劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室科学传播专员 《科学美国人》撰稿人 密歇根大学天体物理学博士 亚当·贝克尔先后获得康奈尔大学的哲学和物理学学士学位，以及密歇根大学的天体物理学博士学位。毕业后，贝克尔投身于物理学科普事业，他与英国广播公司、美国国家公共电台、《纽约时报》《科学美国人》和《新科学家》等电视台、媒体和学术期刊合作，撰写大量科普文章。其中，为英国广播公司撰写的诸多文章被制作成一系列的视频，在互联网上传播。 此外贝克尔被聘任为美国科学公共图书馆的开源科学内容出版人。贝克尔还是加州量子诠释网络的成员，该网络由加州地区高校联合组成，致力于推动量子物理学的发展。2021 年，贝克尔成为美国劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室的科学传播和媒体关系专员，该实验室隶属于美国能源部，是...(展开全部)

[美]亚当·贝克尔（Adam Becker） 美国科学公共图书馆的开源科学内容出版人 美国劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室科学传播专员 《科学美国人》撰稿人 密歇根大学天体物理学博士 亚当·贝克尔先后获得康奈尔大学的哲学和物理学学士学位，以及密歇根大学的天体物理学博士学位。毕业后，贝克尔投身于物理学科普事业，他与英国广播公司、美国国家公共电台、《纽约时报》《科学美国人》和《新科学家》等电视台、媒体和学术期刊合作，撰写大量科普文章。其中，为英国广播公司撰写的诸多文章被制作成一系列的视频，在互联网上传播。 此外贝克尔被聘任为美国科学公共图书馆的开源科学内容出版人。贝克尔还是加州量子诠释网络的成员，该网络由加州地区高校联合组成，致力于推动量子物理学的发展。2021 年，贝克尔成为美国劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室的科学传播和媒体关系专员，该实验室隶属于美国能源部，是...(展开全部)

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works. * explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory * combines foundational dis...(展开全部)

What is Meaning? Fundamentals of Formal Semantics is a concise introduction to the field of semantics as it is actually practiced. Through simple examples, pictures, and metaphors, Paul Portner presents the field's key ideas about how language works. * explains the fundamental ideas and some of the most significant results of modern semantic theory * combines foundational dis...(展开全部)

"Production of Presence" is a comprehensive version of the thinking of Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht, one of the most consistently original literary scholars writing today. It offers a personalized account of some of the central theoretical movements in literary studies and in the humanities over the past thirty years, together with an equally personal view of a possible future. Based ...(展开全部)

At the heart of this astonishing novel is a true story of courage and endurance in the face of one of the most brutal civil wars the world has ever known. Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safet...(展开全部)

今天要介紹的是他最新的一本書"What Is the What". 要談這本書呢得從頭開始說.80年代初期在蘇丹這塊土地上,佔多數及擁有政府優勢的阿拉伯裔,與位居南方主要為非洲裔的反抗軍開始了蘇丹的第二次內戰.政府軍在絕對優勢下迫使許多並未與反抗軍結盟,卻只因種族相同被一視同仁的普通居民開始逃難生活.這其中有一群小孩子,年齡大部分都在15歲以下,幾乎都是孤兒,獨自的穿越沙漠,途中經歷兇猛動物和政府軍的追殺,逃到了衣索比亞.這群孩子後來被國際間稱為"The Lost Boys of Sudan".書的主角Valentino Achak Deng就是Lost Boys的其中一員,在後來國際人道救援中,他被送到了美國.原本以為就此平靜的生活卻又因為自己非洲人的身分,又起了波折. 基本上這本書是以Achak這個人口述經歷,撰寫的一本書.故事一開始已經在美國亞...(展开全部)

At the heart of this astonishing novel is a true story of courage and endurance in the face of one of the most brutal civil wars the world has ever known. Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safet...(展开全部)