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social science subjects > linguistics > philosophy of language
social science subjects > social research > philosophy and the social sciences > general philosophy > philosophy of language

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philosophy of language  

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  • The philosophy of language has played an extremely important role in 20th-century and early-21st-century philosophical thought, but it is no newcomer to the scene. Plato's dialogue Cratylus is a sustained look at the nature of word meanings that contrasts conventionalism about meaning with naturalism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Philosophy and the Social Sciences; Language, Philosophy of]

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