Must we mean what we say?Stanley Cavell

Must we mean what we say?

Name: Must we mean what we say?
ISBN: 9780521821889

Stanley Cavell · 1969

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This is a remarkable, and now famous, volume of philosophical studies. The essays span and connect topics in the philosophy of language, aesthetics, and a criticism of literature, drama and music. The style and the range and integration of interests are alike individual, ambitious and arresting. The book is a distinguished personal work, of permanent interest and value.

First sentence: That what we ordinarily say and men have a direct and deep control over what we can philosophically say and mean is an idea which many philosophers find oppressive.