Unwrinkling the carpet of meaning: Stephen Schiffer, The Things We Mean

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A study reviewing critically Stephen Schiffer's "The Things We Mean" whereby it discusses some novel contributions to the philosophy of meaning, especially his proposal for the ratification of certain abstract entities and the application of his argument to the philosophical problem of vagueness in natural language is illustrated. The work introduces a new take on vagueness and contains a great number of ingenious moves offered in defense of the face-value theory.

Meaning (Philosophy), The Things We Mean (Book), Vagueness (Philosophy), Schiffer, Stephen

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Irony and origami

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The "Unfolding Social Constructionism" is an intensely philosophical book of Fiona Hibberd that stands as a testimony to the growing influence of social constructionism right across the social sciences. Her most pivotal character is Kenneth Gergen and she provides a useful analysis of the primary meta-theoretical assumptions underpinning social constructionist work.

Ontology, Social constructionism, Unfolding Social Constructionism (Book), Hibberd, Fiona

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On reviewing 'Machine Dreams': Zoomed-in versus zoomed-out

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The problem of reviewing fairly a controversial but very popular book is examined in the light of Philip Mirowski's 'Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a Cyborg Science'. One solution is proposed and the answers of others who dealt with the problem are additionally examined.

Social philosophers, Machine Dreams: Economics Becomes a Cyborg Science (Book), Mirowski, Philip

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